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Phrenology

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  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • A phrenologist at work on a girl, surrounded by members of her family. Engraving by C. Rolls after E. Sharpe, c. 1830.
  • Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.
  • Human skull: frontal view. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.
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Catalogue

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    Phrenology, and how to use it in analyzing character.

    Morgan, Nicholas. | Date: 1871
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    Traité sur les phrénopathies, ou, Doctrine nouvelle des maladies mentales, bases sur des observations pratiques et statistiques, et l'etude des causes, de la nature, des symptomes, du pronostic, du diagnostic et du traitement de ces affections / par J. Guislain.

    | Date: 1835
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    L'arte de conoscere gli uomini : il piccolo Lavater e Dottor Gall / per Alessandro David ; edizione illustrata con vignette.

    David, Alexandre. | Date: [1865]
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    A system of phrenology.

    Combe, George, 1788-1858. | Date: 1835
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    Handbuch der Phrenologie.

    Struve, Gustav, 1805-1870. | Date: 1845
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