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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3040BBoston
November 12, 2017 11:00 AMCalender
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Phrenology, Four Volumes.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3040BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 12, 2017 11:00AM

Description:

Phrenology, Four Volumes. Including: The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Philadelphia: by A. Waldie, 1839, octavo, bound in contemporary half red morocco; Examination of the Objections Made in Britain against the Doctrines of Gall and Spurzheim, by Spurzheim, Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1833, octavo, full cloth; Gall, Franz Joseph (1758-1828) Cranologie, ou Decouvertes Nouvelles, Paris: H. Nicolle, 1807, octavo, untrimmed, in the original paper wrappers, with frontispiece; [and] J. Stanley Grimes's Etherology; or, the Philosophy of Mesmerism and Phrenology, New York: Saxton & Miles, 1845, octavo, contemporary cloth, frontispiece, spotting to contents. (4)
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

Franz Joseph, J. Stanley Grimes, Spurzheim, United Kingdom, Lyon, Paris, Philadelphia