The planets and signs of the zodiac send down their influence on to the body of a man on earth; women representing nature (?) and medicine stand on the left, while scholars watch and dispute on the right. Engraving, 16--.

2 volumes (2 unnumbered pages, IV, 1 unnumbered page, VIII-XIV, 426 pages; XIII, 1 unnumbered page, 434 pages) ; 22 cm (8vo)

Pragmatische Psychologie : oder, Seelenlehre in der Anwendung auf das Leben / Von Dr. Eduard Beneke ... In zwei Bänden.

xvi,548 pages, 8 colour preliminary leaves : illustrations

The human race / by Louis Figuier.

The Lowell lectures on the ascent of man / by Henry Drummond.

Man the slave & master / by Mark Graubard.

240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (1 colour), maps, plans, portraits (1 colour) ; 25 cm

The quest for man / edited by Vanne Goodall, Barbara Bender [and others] ; [with a preface by Julian Huxley].

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Pragmatische Psychologie : oder, Seelenlehre in der Anwendung auf das Leben / Von Dr. Eduard Beneke ... In zwei Bänden.

The human race / by Louis Figuier.

The Lowell lectures on the ascent of man / by Henry Drummond.

Man the slave & master / by Mark Graubard.

The quest for man / edited by Vanne Goodall, Barbara Bender [and others] ; [with a preface by Julian Huxley].

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Pragmatische Psychologie : oder, Seelenlehre in der Anwendung auf das Leben / Von Dr. Eduard Beneke ... In zwei Bänden.

The human race / by Louis Figuier.

The Lowell lectures on the ascent of man / by Henry Drummond.

Man the slave & master / by Mark Graubard.

The quest for man / edited by Vanne Goodall, Barbara Bender [and others] ; [with a preface by Julian Huxley].

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