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MORTON, Samuel George.- Crania Aegyptiaca; or, Observations on Egyptian ethnography, derived from anatomy, history and the monuments. From the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol IX. Philadelphia, John Penington; London, Madden, 1844.
Estimation :
400 / 500
Description
In-f° : [4]-67 pp.; 14 pl. (foxing -some large-, numerous on title-page and some pl., folds on pp. 61-63).
Contemporary binding : half calf, marbled paper boards, flat spine with blind fillets and gilt roll-stamps (spine, joints and upper flyleaf renewed, many foxing on lower flyleaf, pastedowns browned, modern ex-dono on upper pastedown).
FIRST EDITION illustrated with 14 plates and some engravings in the text. The American physician Morton (1799-1851), one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Medical College, believed in polygenism and that the skull capacity influenced the intellectual ability. To prove his theory, he studied in his famous "Crania Americana" (1839) the skulls of Causians, Africans, Indians, etc. In this work he focuses on the measurements and particularities of crania found in Egyptian tombs and compare them to other nationalities.
Provenance : Edouard J.A. Olivier, teacher (ex-libris).
JOINT : CHANTRE, Ern.- Recherches anthropologiques dans l'Afrique orientale. Égypte. Lyon, Rey, 1904, in-f° br. (la majorité des cahiers non coupée, qqs pp. part. déreliées au début, charnière sup. part. fendue). Étudie surtout l'anthropométrie et la craniométrie des populations anciennes et modernes, illustré d'in texto dont des reproductions photographiques.
IHFZ Édition originale illustrée de cette étude eugéniste de crânes trouvés dans des tombes égyptiennes. Demi-veau de l'ép. (rouss. parfois grandes et nombreuses sur le titre et qqs pl., dos, mors et garde sup. renouvelés).
Contemporary binding : half calf, marbled paper boards, flat spine with blind fillets and gilt roll-stamps (spine, joints and upper flyleaf renewed, many foxing on lower flyleaf, pastedowns browned, modern ex-dono on upper pastedown).
FIRST EDITION illustrated with 14 plates and some engravings in the text. The American physician Morton (1799-1851), one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Medical College, believed in polygenism and that the skull capacity influenced the intellectual ability. To prove his theory, he studied in his famous "Crania Americana" (1839) the skulls of Causians, Africans, Indians, etc. In this work he focuses on the measurements and particularities of crania found in Egyptian tombs and compare them to other nationalities.
Provenance : Edouard J.A. Olivier, teacher (ex-libris).
JOINT : CHANTRE, Ern.- Recherches anthropologiques dans l'Afrique orientale. Égypte. Lyon, Rey, 1904, in-f° br. (la majorité des cahiers non coupée, qqs pp. part. déreliées au début, charnière sup. part. fendue). Étudie surtout l'anthropométrie et la craniométrie des populations anciennes et modernes, illustré d'in texto dont des reproductions photographiques.
IHFZ Édition originale illustrée de cette étude eugéniste de crânes trouvés dans des tombes égyptiennes. Demi-veau de l'ép. (rouss. parfois grandes et nombreuses sur le titre et qqs pl., dos, mors et garde sup. renouvelés).
