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The basic elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry
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The basic elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry
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The basic elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, late 19th century.

The phrenology section includes cross sections of the brain, topographies of the faculties and text enumerating the faculties (according to Spurzheim's 1825 system) The physiognomy section includes a row of portraits showing historical figures enumerated in the list of subject headings below (mostly celebrated cultural figures, but including a military man (Kléber) and a thief (Cartouche) It also includes evaluations of the types of forehead, mouth, chin, eye and nose. The palmistry section shows figures of 15 hands, with a key. The text as a whole takes a sceptical view of all three sciences.

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Keywords: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord; Peter Paul Rubens; name; Jean-Baptiste Kléber; Voltaire; Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville; Louis Dominique Cartouche; Johann Caspar Lavater; Laurence Sterne; François de Paris; Vincent de Paul,
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