Lot 1144
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GALL -- DOORNIK, J.E. De herssen-schedelleer van Franz Joseph Gall getoetst aan de natuurkunde en wijsbegeerte. Amst., W. Holtrop, 1804. (4), xxiv, 308, (4) pp. W. 5 fold. plates. Cont. hcf. extra. (Corners a bit bumped, sm. stamp on ti.).
Commentary of Jacob Elisa Doornik (1777-1837) on the findings of Franz Josef Gall (1758-1828). Gall was a German anatomist, physiologist, pioneer in ascribing cerebral functions to various areas of the brain (localization), and creator of phrenology, or the practice of divining individual intellect and personality from an examination of skull shape. According to Gall the surface of the skull faithfully reflects the relative development of the various regions of the brain. - Rare. Lindeboom 476-77. - From the library of the famous Dutch physician J.A.J. Barge (1884-1952) and with his bookplate.€ 200
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