La physiologie des gens du monde : pour servir de complément à l'éducation, ornée des planches / par le Ch[...]er Chaponnier.

Chaponnier, Alexandre, 1793-1852. · 1829 · Paris : Chez Firmin Didot frères ..., 1829. · 10 pictures

A French conduct and physiology manual by Alexandre Chaponnier, published in Paris by Firmin Didot frères in 1829 for readers polishing their social education, with plates on gesture and sign language. The engravings isolate hands against blank paper, each captioned with a spoken phrase in italic script, giving designers a vocabulary of pointing, open-palm and clasped-hand signs with ready-made lettering.

Physiology · Psychology · Sign language

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