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Physiognoscopography [toy] : No. 1 Burton's anatomy of grimace. 288 changes!!!.

Accession number
PML 86773
Published
London : Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, [between 1846 and 1850]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Metamorphosis toy, comprising a card with four circular apertures and two hand-colored revolving discs attached to its back, one displaying 24 faces, the other one 12 headdresses; by turning the discs you can create 288 different grotesque heads.
"Designed & Lithogrd. by C. Burton, 1 Palsgrave Place"--cover
Imprints for Chapman & Hall at this address between 1846 and 1850 (Philip A.H. Brown, London Publishers and printers c. 1800-1870).
Description
1 toy : handcol. ill. (lithographs) ; 24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
In modern folder.
Classification
Department