Della Porta Giovanni Battista - De Humana Physiognomonia (bound with:) / Physiognomoniae Coelestis - 1650

Della Porta Giovanni Battista
De Humana Physiognomonia ( bound with )/ Physiognomoniae Coelestis.
Rothomagi - Sumptibus
Ioannis Berthelin - 1650 -
(12), 403, (41)p.
(12), 154 p.
19 x 12 cm.

Dorbon, 3727 "Edition la plus complete et la plus rare".
Graesse V 417.

2 important treatises by G. B. Of the Gate, united in a single tome, with 2 distinct title pages.
Both publications printed in Rouen in 1650.

"De Humana.."
describes the similarities between facial expressions of humans and animals.
In "Physiognomoniae Coelestis"
the author expresses the various aspects of the solar system and the characteristics of celestial bodies.

Beautiful coeval soft parchment binding, with manuscript applied on a further part of parchment on the spine.

Text perfectly anchored to the spine. Crisp and clean pages.
The cover pages and 83 engravings (complete) are untouched, without stains, stamps or erasures.
Only a small defect at the outer bottom corner of p. 51 (see photo), with the loss of a few letters of text.
Original endpapers included.
In good overall condition.
Collated. Complete.