[Rarebooks] FS: Spontoni's "La Metoposcopia" w/great woodcuts. Venice: 1654

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Spontoni, Ciro. LA METOPOSCOPIA. Overo Commensuratione Delle Linee Della Fronte, Aggiuntovi una Breve, e Nuova Fisonomia... Venice: Presso il Turrini. 1654. 12mo. 96pp. Woodcut device on title. Illustrated with one copper engraved plate and 45 text woodcuts of heads. Cont. vellum, some light soiling, but a fine copy.   A scarce edition.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Metoposcopia is the study of the lines on the forehead of man. OCLC records only 1 copy of this edition (located in Germany).


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