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    Copperplate engraved illustration of a man and a horse in profile, each facing right, with the man wearing a toga.
    Copperplate engraved illustration showing the physics of motion of three birds, three fish, and a leaping horse, with comparisons of a squatting man, dog and monkey.
    Copperplate engraved illustration of five sets of horse teeth in from horses of various ages.
    Page of text explaining how to determine a horse’s age by looking at its teeth
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    Copperplate engraved illustration of a man and a horse in profile, each facing right, with the man wearing a toga.

    De Humana Physiognomonia by Giambattista della Porta, 1586

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    Title page showing the bust of a man surrounded by a decorative border.
    De Humana Physiognomonia by Giambattista della Porta, 1586
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    Copperplate engraved illustrations showing a man and a donkey in profile, and a man and a deer in profile.
    De Humana Physiognomonia by Giambattista della Porta, 1586