Ver a tamaño completo.
Der Mensch im Symbole
de FROST, Wenzel; KOTATKO, Wenzel
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
- Librería
-
Glendale, California, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
8vo. [viii], 180 pp. 16 full-page lithographed plates, 5 of which are heightened in gilt. Publisher's contemporary patterned marbled paper boards. Edges lightly rubbed, Some light foxing, but overall a very good copy with the plates clean and bright. Now housed in a custom slipcase.
First edition, a curious attempt to devise a system of anthropology and psychology based exclusively on observation of deaf-mutes. Building on the sociological work of Kaspar Hauser, the authors, director and instructor at the Prague Institute for Deaf-Mutes, assert that the actions of the deaf and dumb take place in a sort of vacuum in which the true spiritual nature of man can be witnessed. They argue that gestures and facial expressions are the language of the soul and are the key in understanding the relationship between the body and spirit. The first nine illustrations show men expressing various emotions by way of body language and hand signals. The other six are almost psychedelic, portraying thought and will as a sort of circular diagram leading from intention to action. OCLC locates only 4 copies worldwide: UCLA, Harvard, University of Chicago, and Manchester. A Czech edition was published the same year.
First edition, a curious attempt to devise a system of anthropology and psychology based exclusively on observation of deaf-mutes. Building on the sociological work of Kaspar Hauser, the authors, director and instructor at the Prague Institute for Deaf-Mutes, assert that the actions of the deaf and dumb take place in a sort of vacuum in which the true spiritual nature of man can be witnessed. They argue that gestures and facial expressions are the language of the soul and are the key in understanding the relationship between the body and spirit. The first nine illustrations show men expressing various emotions by way of body language and hand signals. The other six are almost psychedelic, portraying thought and will as a sort of circular diagram leading from intention to action. OCLC locates only 4 copies worldwide: UCLA, Harvard, University of Chicago, and Manchester. A Czech edition was published the same year.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 257
- Título
- Der Mensch im Symbole
- Autor
- FROST, Wenzel; KOTATKO, Wenzel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Publisher's marbled paper boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Gottlieb Hasse Söhne
- Lugar de publicación
- Prague
- Fecha de publicación
- 1846
- Páginas
- 180
- Tamaño
- slim 8vo.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Science, Medical History
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Psychology & The Occult;
Términos de venta
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2021
Glendale, California
Sobre Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
