CRUIKSHANK GEORGE Phrenological Illustrations 1826 Lacks t

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CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. Phrenological Illustrations; or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim. 6 hand-colored etched plates, each with multiple subjects; lacks the tissue guards and 2 leaves of letterpress text. Oblong 4to, original pictorial wrappers, soiled, rebacked; minor restoration in outer corners of covers and plates; buckram folding case. London, 1826

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first edition, first issue, with "India proofs, 20s" on front cover. "Among the most famous of Cruikshank's caricatures . . . lampooning the 'new science' of phrenology, which Gall's disciple Spurzheim had introduced to England some twelve years before. The engraved figures comically illustrate the various phrenological faculties"--Norman 536. Cohn 178.