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Illustrations of phrenology / by Sir G. S. Mackenzie.

George Steuart Mackenzie, Physical Society (Guy's Hospital), King's College London · 1820 · Edinburgh : printed for Archibald Constable & Company ; and Hurst, Robinson & Company,..., 1820. · 17 pictures

This 1820 Edinburgh book by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie presents phrenology, the early theory that mental faculties map onto skull regions, with plates for a readership of physicians and students of the mind. Its plates pair engraved skull profiles, marked with numbered faculty zones, against pencil studies of male heads in profile, offering a designer clean monochrome line work with cream-toned paper and strong side-view silhouettes.

Phrenology · Psychology · Brain - Localization of functions · Johann Spurzheim · Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828

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