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DAVIS, Samson

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Editorial Description

author of Compiler of Human Physiognomy; or art of Discerning the Mental and Moral Character of Man (New York, 1845).

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

• 290.1 — 290.1 Principles of Physiognomy and Natural Language. London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1843. Pp. 54. (GALL'S contribution to physiognomy considered as "a gift more valuable to the species than would be the fabled philosopher's stone.")

Editorial Information

290. DAVIS, Samson, author of Compiler of Human Physiognomy; or
art of Discerning the Mental and Moral Character of Man (New York,
1845).