Autograph Manuscript fragment, in English, beginning softness and hardness of the brain ...

by Johann Gaspar Spurzheim

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

13-line extract from larger leaf, densely written, with several corrections. 1 vols. 10 x 14.3 cm. Right edge reinforced, small perforation no loss , slight foxing. Item #221498 Fascinating and rare manuscript fragment from the advocate and co-founder with Franz Joseph Gall of the 'science' of phrenology, and the man most responsible for popularizing it. In August of 1832, Spurzheim came to America to deliver a series on lectures on brain

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