Book #26760
Anatomy Of The Brain; With A General View Of The Nervous System
Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London: S. Highley, 1826.
Price: $524.30
Anatomy Of The Brain; With A General View Of The Nervous System
First edition in original boards, re-spined in cloth with later paper label. Light browning and foxing to untrimmed pages with minor damp stains, many pages still unopened.
An apprentice of Franz Joseph Gall, Spurzheim is often credited for popularizing phrenology. The famous works of Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832) present his (from studies with Gall) discoveries and techniques in the anatomy of the brain. Translated from the unpublished French manuscript by R. Willis ; 8vo; xxiv, 234, [2], 11 plates pages.
