1872 Samuel R. Wells Phrenology Handbook with Illustrations wood framed font and fabulous burlap cover

font and fabulous burlap cover

handmade and handpainted with 24k gold accents

and sparkly thing still

and which I found in the same place

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1872 Samuel R. Wells Phrenology Handbook with Illustrations wood framed font and fabulous burlap coverWhile 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