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Title

Illustrations of phrenology. : With engravings / By Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart. F. R. S. Lond. P.Ph. Cl. R. S. Ed. V. P. S. S. A., president of the Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh; honorary member of the Royal Commission for Antiquities, and of the Icelandic Literary Society at Copenhagen; of the Helvetic Philosophical Society; of the Mineralogical Society of Dresden; and of the Natural History Society of Wetterau.

Author

Mackenzie, George Steuart, 1780-1848.

Publication

Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable & Company; and Hurst, Robinson & Company, Cheapside, London, 1820.

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Additional Authors

• Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859.
• Archibald Constable & Co. pbl
• Hurst, Robinson, and Co. pbl

Description

xii, 273, [1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Phrenology

Note

• Erratum: p. x.
• Illustrations: 18 engraved plates, all engraved, and many also designed, by W. H. Lizars. -- Frontispiece portrait of J. G. Spurzheim, from an original drawing by Madame Spurzheim. -- Plate I. Interior of the skull; example of no. 6 large; frontal sinus. -- Plate II. Positions of the organs; and skull, for comparison. -- Plates III., IV., and V. Other views, showing the positions of the organs; and for comparison. -- Plate VI. The configuration of the "organ of Number" in George Bidder; and in another individual, in whom it is defective; hydrocephalic skull. -- Plate VII. Skull of one of Napoleon's young guards. -- Plae VIII. Skull of Carnimbeigle, a New-Holland chief. -- Plate IX. Skull of King Robert Bruce. -- Plate X. Portrait of Thomas Bewick. -- Plate XI. Portrait of Handel. -- Plate XII. Portrait of James Watt. -- Plates XIII and XVI. Portraits of John Playfair. -- Plate XV. Portrait of the Admirable Crichton. -- Plate XVI. Portrait of Louvel, the assasin of the Duc de Berri. -- Plate XVII. Portrait of a celebrated literary character [i.e., William Godwin; cf. Burton Pollin's 'Nicholson's Lost Portrait of William Godwin' in Keats-Shelley Journal, v. XV1 (1967), p. 51-60].

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Call Number

Pforz (Godwinana) (Mackenzie, G. S. Illustrations of phrenology)

LCCN

10026962

OCLC

4886943

Author

Mackenzie, George Steuart, 1780-1848.

Title

Illustrations of phrenology. : With engravings / By Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart. F. R. S. Lond. P.Ph. Cl. R. S. Ed. V. P. S. S. A., president of the Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh; honorary member of the Royal Commission for Antiquities, and of the Icelandic Literary Society at Copenhagen; of the Helvetic Philosophical Society; of the Mineralogical Society of Dresden; and of the Natural History Society of Wetterau.

Imprint

Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable & Company; and Hurst, Robinson & Company, Cheapside, London, 1820.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Lacking plates VII-VIII. -- Bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, spine titling and rules in gilt.

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Added Author

Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859. Illustrator

Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859. Engraver

Archibald Constable & Co. Publisher

Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Publisher

Research Call Number

Pforz (Godwinana) (Mackenzie, G. S. Illustrations of phrenology)