A reply to Sir David Brewster's strictures on physiognomy and phrenology
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- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Reply to strictures contained in an address to the Edinburgh students by Brewster E. M'G. = Hector Maclean of Islay CAM Rights : National Library of Scotland holds full rights in this digital resource and agrees to license the resource under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1863 | Glasgow : Hugh Hopkins; Hugh Hopkins | English | — | Public |
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- Contributing institution: National Library of Scotland
- Digitization sponsor: National Library of Scotland
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- Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries
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