1866 The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects

Description: The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects, George Combe, Ninth Edition (The Henderson Edition), Macmillan and Stewart, Edinburgh, 1866, 351 pp, 3/4 leather, 7.5 x 5”, 12mo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing along corners and endbands. Light scuffing along surface of marbled boards. Gilt finish on spine lightly rubbed, but intact. Four raised bands. Old hand ownership dating to 1867 of a John E. Miller and Nellie Bradford on rear of second flyleaf. Small manuscript initials on title page proper right corner. Interior lightly toned. A few notations written in old hand graphite. Binding intact. Please see photos. “No book published within the memory of man, in the the English or any other language, has effected so greatly a revolution in the previously received opinions of society… The influence of that unpretending treatise has extended to hundreds of thousands of mind which know not where they derived the new light that has broken in upon them, and percolated into thousands of circles that are scarcely conscious of knowing more about Mr. Combe than his name, and the fact that he was a phrenologist.. the appearance of which created a sensation unparalleled by any philosophical work ever published in the language.” -Illustrated London News, 1858. Not a work of phrenology, but a work of natural philosophy which teaches that Man is as subject to natural laws as the rest of Nature. The first steps towards the good life were to study and obey the distinct natural laws (notably excluding the Bible). Combe’s book was hugely controversial from the 1830’s through the 1850’s. Evangelical founded societies went so far as to burn them! This is easily one of the most influential works of the 19th century. COLH1866ABDN

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