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Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

On inheritance of hair and eye colour / by John Brownlee.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences.

Character as seen in body and parentage : with notes on education, marriage, change in character, and morals / by Furneaux Jordan.

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On inheritance of hair and eye colour / by John Brownlee.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences.

The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Character as seen in body and parentage : with notes on education, marriage, change in character, and morals / by Furneaux Jordan.