The Psychology of Handwriting ( with supplement ).
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. Second impression. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 288pp + ivpp ads. Blue cloth lettered in white on spine. Includes a 48pp Supplement held by a cloth strip inside rear cover; the Supplement is a softcover staple bound booklet with reproductions of handwriting samples entitled: "Illustrated Supplement to Experiments With Handwriting". Booklet bound in plain blue wrappers, and comprises 13pp text & the remaining lxiii pages b&w and color handwriting facsimiles. Robert Saudek (1880 – 1935) was a Czech-born graphologist and a writer. He may be best known for his influence on the content and standing of graphology worldwide during that time in history. Saudek published numerous articles in many languages in periodicals as diverse as The Listener, Zeitschrift für Menschenkenntnis and the Journal of Social Psychology. He founded a professional graphology society in the Netherlands, and started two academic periodicals: one in Dutch and the other in English. He published "Experiments With Handwriting" in 1928 in which he examined speed in handwriting. He quantified handwriting by use of a microscope, caliper, pressure board, ruler, protractor and slow-motion pictures. Saudek also attempted to deal with graphological phenomena in terms acceptable to experimental psychologists. Boards slightly bowed, spine faded, owner's name neatly blacked-out on front pastedown, otherwise a tight clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #24019
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