Hippolyte Bruyères Sold at Auction Prices

Historical-scenes painter, Genre Painter, Lithographer, Painter

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  • LA PHRÉNOLOGIE. LE GESTE ET LA PHYSIONOMIE DÉMONTRÉS PAR 120 PORTRAITS, SUJETS ET COMPOSITIONS GRAVÉS SUR ACIER [...].
    Oct. 08, 2022

    LA PHRÉNOLOGIE. LE GESTE ET LA PHYSIONOMIE DÉMONTRÉS PAR 120 PORTRAITS, SUJETS ET COMPOSITIONS GRAVÉS SUR ACIER [...].

    Est: €100 - €150

    4to: [4]-516-[3] pp. (some spotting throughout). - First edition. Illustrated with 90 engr. plates after drawings by the author showing 120 portraits. Bruyères (1800-1856) applies in this treatise the phrenological system, a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. Developed by the German physician Franz Joseph Gall in 1796 the discipline was influential in the 19th century, especially from about 1810 until 1840. Bruyères, painter and son-in-law of Dr. Spurzheim, a disciple of Gall, uses the theory to observe characters, social relations, education etc. - Ref. Wellcome II:259. - Caillet 1750. - Not in Bibl. Walleriana, Garrison & Morton.

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  • LA PHRÉNOLOGIE. LE GESTE ET LA PHYSIONOMIE DÉMONTRÉS PAR 120 PORTRAITS, SUJETS ET COMPOSITIONS GRAVÉS SUR ACIER.
    Oct. 08, 2021

    LA PHRÉNOLOGIE. LE GESTE ET LA PHYSIONOMIE DÉMONTRÉS PAR 120 PORTRAITS, SUJETS ET COMPOSITIONS GRAVÉS SUR ACIER.

    Est: €150 - €200

    4to: [4]-516-[3] pp. (some quires in the middle loose, some spotting). - First edition. Illustrated with 90 engr. plates after drawings by the author showing 120 portraits. Bruyères (1800-1856) applies in this treatise the phrenological system, a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. Developed by the German physician Franz Joseph Gall in 1796 the discipline was influential in the 19th century, especially from about 1810 until 1840. Bruyères, painter and son-in-law of Dr. Spurzheim, a disciple of Gall, uses the theory to observe characters, social relations, education etc. - Ref. Wellcome II:259. - Caillet 1750. - Not in Bibl. Walleriana or Garrison & Morton.

    Arenberg Auctions
  • BRUYÈRES (Hippolyte)
    May. 14, 2013

    BRUYÈRES (Hippolyte)

    Est: €200 - €300

    BRUYÈRES (Hippolyte) La Phrénologie, le geste et la physionomie démontrés par 120 portraits, sujets et compositions gravés sur acier. Dispositions innées. - Études sur l'expression....

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