Product details

Art.No:

100588

Author / Artist:

Combe, George

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Medizin, Psychologie

Binding / Picture Size:

Privat-Kart.

Publisher:

John Anderson

Place of publishing:

Edinburgh

Year of publication:

1825

Book Details / Size:

8°, 1 Falttaf.-Fronti, XXIV, 566 S.; 9 S. (Statuaries and artists)

Condition:

Rücken und Deckel m. Fehlstellen, innen etwas stockfleckig, sonst gutes exempl.

Description:

Second edition.George Combe (21 October 1788 – 14 August 1858) was a Scottish lawyer and a spokesman of the phrenological movement for over 20 years. He founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820 and wrote The Constitution of Man (1828). After marriage in 1833, Combe devoted his later years to promoting phrenology internationally.