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Lot 889: LA PHRÉNOLOGIE. LE GESTE ET LA PHYSIONOMIE DÉMONTRÉS PAR 120 PORTRAITS, SUJETS ET COMPOSITIONS GRAVÉS SUR ACIER.

Est: €150 EUR - €200 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumOctober 08, 2021

Item Overview

Description

4to: [4]-516-[3] pp. (some quires in the middle loose, some spotting). - First edition. Illustrated with 90 engr. plates after drawings by the author showing 120 portraits. Bruyères (1800-1856) applies in this treatise the phrenological system, a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. Developed by the German physician Franz Joseph Gall in 1796 the discipline was influential in the 19th century, especially from about 1810 until 1840. Bruyères, painter and son-in-law of Dr. Spurzheim, a disciple of Gall, uses the theory to observe characters, social relations, education etc. - Ref. Wellcome II:259. - Caillet 1750. - Not in Bibl. Walleriana or Garrison & Morton.

Artist or Maker

Date

1847

Condition Report

Contemp. half green shagreen, cloth on covers, gilt orn. flat spine, marbled edges (sl. rubbed, corners bumped).

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Auction Details

Day 2 - Drawings, engravings, posters, prints, photography, rare books

by
Arenberg Auctions
October 08, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

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€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

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