Author: Gustavus Cohen
Title: The Modern Self-Instructor in Phrenology, Physiology, and Phsiognomy; or the Peoples&Apos; Hand-Book of Human Nature; Containing a View of the Moral and Theological Bearing of the Science of Phrenology
Description: London, Gustavus Cohen, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated hand-book discussing the science of phrenology. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt.With fifty-one illustrative plates by Fritz Braun. This work offers a combination of philosophy and science in its discussion of the theory of phrenology. It proposes various ways of looking at the skull to predict mental traits. It also looks at the physiological differences between men and women, and categorises the brain into 'faculties', such as sight, taste, smell, language, calculation, tune and others. Portraits of notable figures are used as examples, such as Florence Nightingale, Michael Angelo and William Shakespeare. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Darkening to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Majority of pages have offsetting throughout, but otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Fritz Braun. Very Good .
Keywords: Phrenology Science Illustrated Gustavus Cohen Science Fritz Braun
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Title: The Modern Self-Instructor in Phrenology, Physiology, and Phsiognomy; or the Peoples&Apos; Hand-Book of Human Nature; Containing a View of the Moral and Theological Bearing of the Science of Phrenology
Description: London, Gustavus Cohen, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated hand-book discussing the science of phrenology. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt.With fifty-one illustrative plates by Fritz Braun. This work offers a combination of philosophy and science in its discussion of the theory of phrenology. It proposes various ways of looking at the skull to predict mental traits. It also looks at the physiological differences between men and women, and categorises the brain into 'faculties', such as sight, taste, smell, language, calculation, tune and others. Portraits of notable figures are used as examples, such as Florence Nightingale, Michael Angelo and William Shakespeare. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Darkening to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Majority of pages have offsetting throughout, but otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Fritz Braun. Very Good .
Keywords: Phrenology Science Illustrated Gustavus Cohen Science Fritz Braun
Price: GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 139.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 918Y20
- Book number: 918Y20
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