The Fallacies of Our Own Time. Fallacy of Phrenology.
Language: English
Published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Londres, 1844
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BYRNE (Oliver) et BYRNE (John). The Fallacies of Our Own Time. Fallacy of Phrenology. London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1844. In-8, [2] f., 79 p., demi-reliure de basane fauve à coins, dos lisse orné, plats de papier marbré (reliure de l'époque). Édition originale. Oliver Byrne (1810-1880), ingénieur civil et mathématicien irlandais, demeure célèbre pour son éblouissant First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid (1847), où les figures sont traduites en aplats de couleur primaire, devenu une icône de la typographie victorienne. Ce Fallacies of Our Own Time, composé avec son frère cadet John Byrne (1812-1851), mathématicien établi à Norfolk en Virginie, relève d'une tout autre veine : une réfutation polémique de la phrénologie, alors à l'apogée de sa vogue. Formés à la rigueur démonstrative des sciences exactes, les deux auteurs entreprennent de démonter par la logique la prétention de la doctrine de Gall et Spurzheim à lire le caractère dans les protubérances du crâne. Conçu comme le premier volet d'une série restée sans suite, l'ouvrage s'inscrit dans le grand débat du milieu du XIXe siècle sur le statut des sciences de l'esprit. L'argumentation se déploie autour des notions de cerveau, de crâne, d'organes et de facultés, opposant à la phrénologie les exigences de l'observation et de la démonstration. Les Byrne récusent l'analogie entre volume cérébral et intelligence, et raillent le conférencier phrénologue qui prétend déterminer le tempérament au toucher des bosses, mêlant réfutation méthodique et trait satirique. Le présent exemplaire porte un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur : « To His Excellency Comte St Aulaire &c – &c – &c with the Author's best respects », soit Louis-Clair de Beaupoil, comte de Sainte-Aulaire (1778-1854), ambassadeur de France à Londres de 1841 à 1848, historien de la Fronde et membre de l'Académie française. Peu commun, tiré à petit nombre. Reliure un peu frottée, les autres défauts sont mineurs. 🗪 BYRNE (Oliver) and BYRNE (John). The Fallacies of Our Own Time. Fallacy of Phrenology. London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1844. 8vo, contemporary half sheep, marbled boards. First edition. Oliver Byrne (1810-1880), the Irish mathematician famed for his color-printed Elements of Euclid (1847), here joins his brother John Byrne (1812-1851), based in Norfolk, Virginia, in a polemical refutation of phrenology at the height of its vogue. Applying logic to dismantle the claim that character can be read from the skull's bumps, the work was conceived as the first, never-continued part of a series within the mid-century debate over the sciences of the mind. This copy bears an autograph inscription signed by the author: "To His Excellency Comte St Aulaire &c – &c – &c with the Author's best respects" — Louis-Clair de Beaupoil, comte de Sainte-Aulaire (1778-1854), French ambassador to London (1841-1848) and member of the Académie française. Scarce and rarely seen at auction, the volume is distinguished by this provenance, documenting Byrne's pursuit of illustrious patrons and Anglo-French sociability under the July Monarchy.…
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- Title
- The Fallacies of Our Own Time. Fallacy of Phrenology.
- Author
- BYRNE (Oliver) et BYRNE (John).
- Publisher
- Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Londres
- Publication year
- 1844
- Condition
- Near fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Limited Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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- Sciences
Librairie des Colporteurs - Manuscrit
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