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COMBE, George

System der Phrenology, aus dem Englischen übersetzt
Braunschweig
Vieweg und Sohn
1833
€100 - €140

8vo, XIV, 498 pp, with 9 lithographic plates (of which 8 folding). Old stamp on title-page. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards

First German edition. Ref. Hirsch II, 85. Not in Wellcome, not in Garrison & Morton. Often published fundamental work about the pseudoscience phrenology, based on the theories of Franz Joseph Gall and Johann Gaspar Spurzheim. There theories were very popular in the 19th century and primarily focused on measurements of the human skull

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