The Life of George Combe (2 vols.)
London: Macmillan, 1878. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth; Gilt titling at spine; 335, 404 pp.; No illustrations other than title page of volume one. Fair (Ex-lib., labels at spines, bookplate inside front covers, pocket inside backs, usual markings; Some wear to cloth, particularly at extremities; Back board and last hundred pages of volume one show water damage [only at the very top of the pages]; Hinges cracking; Some pencil markings throughout, but still very readable). Item #135043
Scottish lawyer and writer; Founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820; Combe's major work was The Constitution of Man.
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