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An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology.Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental and personality traits. The science was developed by Franz Joseph Gall in 1796, and was popular throughout the nineteenth century, in particular during the first half.The papers in this set date from 1850 to 1978, providing a unique look at the development of the science, and how it was perceived from the nineteenth to twentieth century.'On the Bony Frame of the Head in Different Nations' by Professor A. Retzius, dated 1850, an extract from Volume LXXIX of 'Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal'.'Contributions Towards Determining the Weight of the Brain in Different Races of Man', by Joseph Barnard Davis, dated 1868. Extracted from the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in Volume XX.'The Journal of the Franklin Institute', two issues, for April and May 1909, being Nos. 4 and 5 of Vol. CLXVII. The article of interest here is 'Identification of Human Beings by the System of Alphonse Bertillon', by Persifor Frazer. With in-text illustrations.'Dermatoglyphics' by L. S. Penrose, dated 1969. An offprint of the 'Scientific American'. Illustrated in colour and monochrome'Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science', dated 1978, being Vol. 200 No. 4341. The article of interest is 'Morton's Ranking of Races by Cranial Capacity' by Stephen Jay Gould. With the occasional in-text illustration. In paper wraps, 'On the Bony Frame', Davis' 'Contributions', and 'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' are unbound. Externally, smart, with light age-toning, and a few light marks. Marks a little heavier to 'Dermatoglyphics'. Label to the front wrap of 'Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science'. 'On the Bony Frame', 'Dermatoglyphics', and 'Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science', are firmly bound. Davis' 'Contributions' is generally firmly bound, the final leaf detached but stapled to the head, textblock unopened to the top edge. No. 4 of 'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' is generally firmly bound with some pages detached, No. 5 is generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. No. 5 of 'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' is tidemarked. Very Good.
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