Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
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- [1866]
- Reference:
- 28593i
- Part of:
- Encyclopédie Bouasse-Lebel
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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
Publication/Creation
Paris (29, rue St. Sulpice) : Maison Bouasse-Lebel edit imp, [1866]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph ; border 45.9 x 61.5 cm.
Lettering
Phrénologie, physiognomonie, chiromancie
References note
Bibliographie de la France, 17 mars 1866, no. 428 ("Phrénologie, physiognomonie, chiromancie, n. 82. Lith. par Léveillé. Paris, imp. Bouasse-Lebel.")-- Image of France database no. 83071
Bibliographie de la France, 18 septembre 1875, no. 1675 ("Encyclopédie Bouasse-Lebel : Phrénologie. -- Physiognomonie. -- Chiromancie. Paris, imp. Bouasse-Lebel")-- Image of France database no. 98602
Reference
Wellcome Collection 28593i
Type/Technique
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Subjects
- PsychologyHistory
- Head
- Hand
- Face
- Phrenology
- Physiognomy
- Human body
- Palmistry
- Brain
- ScienceHistory19th century
- Brigands and robbers
- Vincent de Paul, Saint, 1581-1660.
- Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
- Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
- Paris, François de, 1690-1727.
- Homer.
- Kléber, Jean-Baptiste, 1753-1800.
- Cartouche, Louis Dominique, 1693-1721.
- Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine Quentin, 1746-1795.
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