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"Physogs" : the novel card game / Waddy Production

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Description: Physogs, a British game from the 1940s, is a popularized version of physiognomy, the art of judging human character from facial features. Based on sociologist Jacques Penry's How to Judge Character from the Face (1939), the game consists of fifty-six printed cards and a key book describing thirteen distinct "facial-character types": acquisitive-shrewd, dissipated, bad-tempered, determined, suave-obsequious, artistic-imaginative, credulous-impractical, magnetic, excitable-impetuous, self-conscious, crafty-self-centered, pleasant-cheerful, and narrow-minded-stubborn. There are four sets of playing cards: eye cards, nose cards, mouth cards, and type cards.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1940 and 1949]
Call number: 646244
Creator: Waddy Productions(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Deborah Coltham Rare Books, December 2016.
Dimensions: in box 27 x 42 x 4 cm + 2 booklets
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