Gall (Franz Joseph) & Johann Caspar Spurzheim. Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux en Général et du Cerveau en Particulier, 5 vol. including Atlas, only edition, text with half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol.2, foxing, Atlas with 100 engraved plates by Bouquet after Prêtre, some stipple-engraved, one double-page, lightly water-stained, some spotting, uniform modern half calf over marbled boards, very slight rubbing to edges, [Wellcome III, 84], 4to & folio, Paris, 1810-19.

⁂ The theory of localisation of cerebral function, including the first attempt to map the central cortex. From their work on the brain Gall and his pupil Spurzheim developed their theories on phrenology.