638. POUPIN (Théodore). Phrenological and physiognomonic characters of the most famous contemporaries. Brussels. Etablissement encyclographique, 1837, in-12, X pp. ; 367 pp. ; [1] bl. p., purple half-basin, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Illustrated with 40 plates, i.e. 35 portrait plates of famous people, Chateaubriand, Arago, Henri Monnier, Paganini... each with a defining character trait and the location of this area in the brain, plus 5 plates describing the skull. Yellowed paper. Handwritten bookplate on title page.
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638. POUPIN (Théodore). Phrenological and physiognomonic characters of the most famous contemporaries. Brussels. Etablissement encyclographique, 1837, in-12, X pp. ; 367 pp. ; [1] bl. p., purple half-basin, smooth spine decorated (period binding).
Illustrated with 40 plates, i.e. 35 portrait plates of famous people, Chateaubriand, Arago, Henri Monnier, Paganini... each with a defining character trait and the location of this area in the brain, plus 5 plates describing the skull.
Yellowed paper.
Handwritten bookplate on title page.
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