Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.

Skulls of male and female Capuchin monkeys, with vertical sections. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after C.P. Mazer, ca 1835.

2 volumes (4 unnumbered pages, 181 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 5 unnumbered pages, 186-558 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (lithographs) ; 26 x 35 cm (folio) ; 23 cm (8vo) + 1 atlas ([2], 32 pages, [176] leaves of plates (4 folded)) :

Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée : accompagné d'un magnifique atlas in-folio de 120 planches, contenant plus de 600 sujets d'anatomie humaine et comparée ... / par J. Vimont.

On the functions of the cerebellum / By Drs. Gall, Vimont, and Broussais. Translated from the French by George Combe: also answers to the objections urged against phrenology by Drs. Roget, Rudolphi, Prichard, and Tiedemann; by George Combe and Dr A. Combe.

3 volumes and atlas : illustrations ; 30-54 cm (4to & folio)

Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée : accompagné d'un magnifique atlas in-folio de 120 planches, contenant plus de 60 sujets d'anatomie humaine et comparée, d'une parfaite exécution / par J. Vimont.

The skull of a widow named Lecouffe, who incited her son to murder an old woman, their protector, for her money. Lithograph, c. 1835.

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Vimont, Joseph, 1795-1857

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Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée : accompagné d'un magnifique atlas in-folio de 120 planches, contenant plus de 600 sujets d'anatomie humaine et comparée ... / par J. Vimont.

On the functions of the cerebellum / By Drs. Gall, Vimont, and Broussais. Translated from the French by George Combe: also answers to the objections urged against phrenology by Drs. Roget, Rudolphi, Prichard, and Tiedemann; by George Combe and Dr A. Combe.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée : accompagné d'un magnifique atlas in-folio de 120 planches, contenant plus de 60 sujets d'anatomie humaine et comparée, d'une parfaite exécution / par J. Vimont.

The skull of a widow named Lecouffe, who incited her son to murder an old woman, their protector, for her money. Lithograph, c. 1835.

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Vimont, Joseph, 1795-1857

Images from the collections

Images by Vimont, Joseph, 1795-1857

Works from the collections

Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée : accompagné d'un magnifique atlas in-folio de 120 planches, contenant plus de 600 sujets d'anatomie humaine et comparée ... / par J. Vimont.

On the functions of the cerebellum / By Drs. Gall, Vimont, and Broussais. Translated from the French by George Combe: also answers to the objections urged against phrenology by Drs. Roget, Rudolphi, Prichard, and Tiedemann; by George Combe and Dr A. Combe.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

Traité de phrénologie humaine et comparée : accompagné d'un magnifique atlas in-folio de 120 planches, contenant plus de 60 sujets d'anatomie humaine et comparée, d'une parfaite exécution / par J. Vimont.

The skull of a widow named Lecouffe, who incited her son to murder an old woman, their protector, for her money. Lithograph, c. 1835.

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