J. Stanley Grimes. Phreno
O-Chart... Examination Of... [New York?]. c1866. broadside.
Phrenological chart filled in in purple ink with long case notes
on reverse, for a Miss Eliza McCollum, April 1870. 14 x 17". Rare.
with engraved ticket, Dr.Logan’s lectures. I.D.#07433.
Samuel R. Wells. How To Read
Character: A New Illustrated Hand-Book Of Phrenology And
Physiognomy, For Students And Examiners; With A Descriptive Chart.
... Samuel R.Wells. New York. 1873. 191+ p. Cuts. Violet cloth,
shaken. While considered quackery now, phrenology was a pioneer
attempt to explain the development of personality.
I.D.#07432.
O.S. and L.N. Fowler. The
Self-Instructor In Phrenology And Physiology; With Over One
Hundred New Illustrations, Including A Chart For The Use Of
Practical Phrenologists. By O.S. and L.N. Fowler. Revised by
Nelson Sizer, president of the American Institute of Phrenology...
Fowler & Wells/L.N. Fowler & Co. New York/London. c1875. 12mo, 192
p. Cuts. Orange cloth. Amazing as new condition!
I.D.#07914.
Samuel R. Wells. New
Illustrated Self-Instructor In Phrenology And Phsiology; With
Over One Hundred Engravings; Together With The Chart And Character
Of ... As Marked By ... S.R. Wells & Co. New York. 1877. 12mo,
176+ p. cuts. Green embossed cloth. with manuscript exam notes in
purple ink. Includes separate photograph of S.R. Well with "Truly
Yours S.R. Wells" inscribed on reverse. (Rockwood & Co.
Photographers. 839 Broadway. New York). I.D.#07431.
Amandus Kupfer. Grundlagen
der praktischen Menschenkenntnis nach Karl Kuters Psychognomik von
Amandus Kupfer. Zweiter Studienband 230 Abbildungen... Am.
Kupfer Schwaig-Nurnberg. ©1926. 8vo, 184 p. port., cuts. Tan pict
boards. I.D.#07915.
Amandus Kupfer. Grundlagen
der praktischen Menschenkenntnis nach Karl Huters Psycho-Physiognomik
von Amandus Kupfer. Erster Studienband. 10. Auflage
1911-1928... Am. Kupfer Schwaig-Nurnberg. ©1928. 8vo, 128 p.
port., illus., cuts. Orange cloth. While phrenology lost
credibility as a guage of character in America, it persisted in
Germany. Books like these strongly influenced the Nazis. I.D.#07916. |
