Conrad Fäsi-Gessner papers, circa 1812-1870.

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Conrad Fäsi-Gessner papers, circa 1812-1870.

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Sketches by Conrad Fäsi-Gessner for his illustrated pamphlet protesting cruelty to animals and varied sketches of country people, hospital patients, animals, buildings, and vegetation, circa 1812-1859. Also included are a catalog of his personal library and art collection, probably kept until his death in 1870; a printed death announcement for his mother-in-law, Anna Lavater Gessner in 1852, and a mezzotint of his grandfather-in-law, Johann Caspar Lavater, created in Augsburg, Bavaria, in 1774.

0.5 linear feet (2 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801

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German author and physiognomist. From the description of Vermischte physiognomische Regeln : Manuscript fuer Freunde, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497464 From the guide to the Vermischte physiognomische Regeln : Manuscript fuer Freunde, 1789, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Swiss physiognomist. From the description of Letter, 1781, Mar. 16 : Zürich. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35130848 Swiss scholar. From th...

Fäsi-Gessner, Conr., 1796-1870.

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Conrad Fäsi-Gessner (1796-1870) was an engraver and amateur painter. He served as director for Zurich Hospital and published an illustrated pamphlet, Bilder von Thierquälereien (translated, Pictures of animal tortures) (Zurich, 1859), which protested cruelty to animals. He was also married to Maria Gessner, the granddaughter of Johann Caspar Lavater. From the description of Conrad Fäsi-Gessner papers, circa 1812-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193989 ...

Gessner, Anna Lavater, 1772-1852.

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