Sizer nelson drayton h s (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. An early printing of Nelson Sizer and H.S. Drayton's practical guide to phrenology and physiognomy. The thirtieth thousand of this work.With numerous vignette illustrations throughout the work, largely consisting of portraits of faces.Matters discussed include bumpology; the use of phrenology and physiognomy in diagnosis of lunacy, idiocy and temperaments; the moral organs, and 'Napoleon's head'.With twenty-six pages of advertisements to the rear.To the tail of the title page is the informative statement 'in the lordly brain and mobile face are found the basis of character and expression'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small losses of cloth in these regions. Front joint starting, with board tenderly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…