1872 Samuel R. Wells Phrenology Handbook with Illustrations wood framed handmade and handpainted with 24k

handmade and handpainted with 24k gold accents

Very nicely--and painstakingly

and some roughness on the top of the other

Square corners

font and fabulous burlap cover

1872 Samuel R. Wells Phrenology Handbook with Illustrations wood framed handmade and handpainted with 24kWhile extremely problematic on so many levels, phrenology did certainly yield some pretty amazing diagrams and graphics, and, as with many artifacts of quack science, makes for interesting reading (if also discouraging; according to this analysis, I have a very small brain indeed.) This 28 page booklet features a break down of all of the 37 "Faculties" imag(in)ed and listed on the cover, plus several pages of illustrations diagramming the exact