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LOT 42

Lot 42

Lorenzo Niles Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head and Two Related Books, early-mid 19th century

Lorenzo Niles Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head and Two Related Books, early-mid 19th century
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Lorenzo Niles Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head and Two Related Books, early-mid 19th century

including OUTLINED OF PHRENOLOGY by G. Spurzheim, M.D., London, Treutel, Wurtz, and Richter, 1827, and THE PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGIST AND RECORDER AND DELINEATOR signed by Orson Squire Fowler and dated Jan. 19, 1885
height 11.5 in — 29.2 cm

Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $252
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Lorenzo Niles Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head and Two Related Books, early-mid 19th century
  • Lorenzo Niles Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head and Two Related Books, early-mid 19th century
  • Lorenzo Niles Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head and Two Related Books, early-mid 19th century

Read about Phrenology and the Fowler brothers
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CONDITION DETAILS

Restoration to base of the ceramic head.

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