with magnified views of dog tick and little black tick
3 3/4" long x 2 1/8" wide x 1 11/16" tall
Each one of these is different
it was clearly made from one piece of brass
Plus it it is in terrific shape
Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1797, Vol. 1, Loaded with Engravings gerson bahia with magnified views of dogThis is a very rare 1797 first edition English translation (published in London) of Johann Kaspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy Calculated to Extend the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind" volume one (of four volumes.) Lavater (1741 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, theologian, and physiognomist, credited with being the first to introduce the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than