LEUNE, J.C.F. De leer van Gall over de herssenen en schedel. Uit het Hoogduitsch, met aanmerkingen van anderen, door M. Stuart. Amst., J. Allart, 1804. (8), 205 pp. W. 5 engr. fold. plates. Cont. limp brds., uncut. (Spine worn).
First Dutch translation of 'Entwicklung der Gall'schen Theorie über das Gehirn.'(1803). Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) German anatomist, physiologist, pioneer in ascribing cerebral functions to various areas of the brain (localization), and creator of phrenology, or the practice of divining individual intellect and personality from an examination of skull shape. According to Gall the surface of the skull faithfully reflects the relative development of the various regions of the brain. - Hirsch III, 758/9; BMN I, 108. W. handwritten owner's entry of Lieut. J. van Woestenberg, dated 1804, on first blank leaf.€ 240
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