Alphabet of Phrenology: A Short Sketch of That Science for the Use of Beginners

New York: Charles S. Francis, 1833. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 47pp. Sextodecimo [15cm]. Bound in green cloth, with title label on front board. Moisture damage to boards and textblock. Prior owner's signature on front pastedown. Foxing throughout textblock. An intro to the pseudoscientific study of phrenology: An analysis of skull shape to predict personality and traits, popular in the 19th century. With a diagram illustration.