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Matrimony, or, Phrenology and physiology applied to the selection of congenial companions for life : including directions to the married for living together affectionately and happily

Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887 · 1851 · New York : Fowlers and Wells · 7 pictures

Matrimony, an 1851 New York guide by phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler, advises readers on choosing a suitable spouse through head and body types and on living happily together once married. The pictures are woodcut profile heads of women with different hairstyles and head shapes, plus a labelled phrenological chart of the skull's faculty regions, which a designer could use for diagrams of character mapped onto the head.

Spouses · Interpersonal Relations · Phrenology

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