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'Illustrations on Phrenology' by G.S. Mackenzie, 1820


Phrenonology CoverPhrenology was a popular ‘science’ in the 19th century. Phrenologists believed they could study the human mind and character just by looking at the shape of someone’s skull.

This book was once owned by the Warwick and Leamington Phrenological Society, founded in March 1834.


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