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Lot 666
[PHRENOLOGY]. Three 19th Century Works on Phrenology. Including:
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[PHRENOLOGY]. Three 19th Century Works on Phrenology. Including: FOWLER, O.S. and L.N. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology. New York: Fowler and Wells, 1859. Bound-in is: Synopsis of Phrenology; and the Phrenological Developments... as Given by [manuscript] L. N. Fowler... New York: L. N Fowler, [n.d.] 151st Edition. Illustrated with several plates, one of which is hand-colored. EARLY EDITIONS.
Condition
[And:] The New Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology. New York: Fowler and Wells, 1869. Both 12mo volumes bound in near-identical publisher's gilt pictorial brown cloth. [And:] GALL, Doctor. Manual of Phrenology... Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. 8vo. Illustrated. 257 pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, printed paper label on spine, recased. Some general wear, soiling, sunning, text a bit toned, worn, soiled, some occasional chipping, ink notations. Generally good or better.
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