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George Combe. Mezzotint by R. M. Hodgetts after Sir D. Macnee.

George Combe. Stipple engraving by C. H. Jeens, 1878, after Sir D. Macnee.

George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.

George Combe lecturing on phrenology to a mixed audience in his Edinburgh home?; presented as a monkey with a phrenological head. Lithograph.

Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe : and a review of the science of phrenology, from the period of its discovery by Dr. Gall, to the time of the visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 / by Nahum Capen.

The life of George Combe : author of "The constitution of man" / by Charles Gibbon.

Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe, and a review of the science of phrenology, from the period of its discovery by Dr. Gall, to the time of the visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 / by Nahum Capen.

George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph by L. Bump, 1826, after J. Lump.

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.

Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].

Traité de phrénologie ... / traduit de l'anglais avec des notes, par H. Lebeau, d'après la quatrième édition.

Remarks on national education / By George Combe.

Education : its principles and practice / as developed by George Combe ; collated and edited by William Jolly.

The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects ... / [George Combe].

A system of phrenology.

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Combe, George, 1788-1858

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Traité de phrénologie ... / traduit de l'anglais avec des notes, par H. Lebeau, d'après la quatrième édition.

Remarks on national education / By George Combe.

Education : its principles and practice / as developed by George Combe ; collated and edited by William Jolly.

The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects ... / [George Combe].

A system of phrenology.