Der Mensch im Symbole
by FROST, Wenzel; KOTATKO, Wenzel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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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.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 257
- Title
- Der Mensch im Symbole
- Author
- FROST, Wenzel; KOTATKO, Wenzel
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's marbled paper boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gottlieb Hasse Söhne
- Place of Publication
- Prague
- Date Published
- 1846
- Pages
- 180
- Size
- slim 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science, Medical History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology & The Occult;
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