Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America :

to which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species : illustrated by seventy-eight plates and a colored map /
by Samuel George Morton.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851.
Contributors: Combe, George, 1788-1858.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Philadelphia : London : J. Dobson ; 1839.
Simpkin, Marshall & Co.,
Subjects:
Notes:"Appendix. Phrenological remarks on the relation between the natural talents and dispositions of nations, and the developments of their brains. By George Combe": p. [269]-291.

Plates are signed "From the original painting by J. Neagle [frontispiece]", "From nature by J.C. Werner on stone by John Collins", and "Lith. of John Collins, no. 79 S. Third St. Phila.".

Following p. 296 is an errata leaf.

Physical description: [iii]-v, 296 p., 1 leaf, 78 plates : map, port. ; 40 cm. (fol.)

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