Lectures on Phrenology, Including its Application to the Present and Prospective Condition of the United States. With notes, an introductory essay, and an historical sketch by Andrew Boardman.
New York: S. R. Wells & Co., 1876. Reprint of the Third edition, with Corrections and Additions. Hardcover. Octavo. 392pp + iv adverts. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black borders and rules to upper board and spine, blind rules on rear board, b&w illustrations, appendixes, index. First published in 1839, this is a reprint of the third revised and corrected edition. George Combe (1788 – 1858) was a Scottish lawyer & the leader of the movement in Scotland to promote Phrenology as a science for over 20 years, founding the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820 and lecturing and writing on the subject. This volume comprises a collection of lectures/essays on phrenology, Combe also wrote: "Constitution of Man" (1828), "Elements of Phrenology", and he founded and contributed to the "Phrenological Journal" which was published by Edinburgh Phrenological Society. Cloth a bit chafed at all edges and extremities, corners and spine ends bruised and chafed, a bit of light fraying at corners, pages lightly toned, ink stamped initials on front blank else clean and unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG copy. Item #64764
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