HALBERTSMA, H.J. & J.B.D. [=J. BARNARD DAVIS],
De Asymmetrie der Javaansche Schedels; De derde gewrichtsknobbel (Condylus Tertius) van het achterboofdsbeen. Beschrijving van een Oost-Indischen Idiotenschedel; Dutch Anthropology [in the Dutch East Indies]. Offprints.:Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 1864-1865.
S.I., s.n., [circa], 1864-, 1865. 4 parts in one. Small 8°., original cloth. 15pp. 2 diagrams in text, some comparative tables, footnotes/references; 8pp. 3 tinted lithographed plates; 15pp. 3 monochrome lithographed fold. plates; 18pp. Footnotes/references to previous contributions. Three dutch language nineteenth century scientitic contributions to physical anthropology and craniology of the Javanese, in which comparisons have been made between skulls of normal humans and those with heavy mental disorders. The final contribution by J.Barnard Davis is an appraisail of the sientific value of dutch anthropological research in general and more specific by H.J. Halbertsma (et.al.) in the Dutch East Indies. This contributions with author's signed Ms. dedication in ink addressed to the Bastavia Society of Arts and Science on ti.-p. (f.e.p. browned, some minimal browning to contents, pin-prick holes to first pp., small ex-lib. stamps to tail ends of ti.-p's.).

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