[SCIENCE] [AMERICANA] WORKS ON PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Fowlers and Wells Publications

NYC: Fowlers and Wells, c.1849.

6 1/4” x 4” 4pp prospectus listing dozens of the publishers’ titles relating to the pseudo-sciences of phrenology, mesmerism, and other topics relating to women, sobriety, and related topics. ~~Brothers Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler were largely responsible for popularizing phrenology in the US. They published with their sister, her husband, and Lorenzo’s wife Lydia Folger Foster, the 2nd woman to earn a medical degree in the US. ~~Scarce resource from an influential historical resource. Binding largely torn, foxed. Fair.

Item #300303

Price: $50.00