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Title: Phrenological development of Robert Burns, from a cast of his skull moulded at Dumfries, the 31st day of March, 1834
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Combe, George, 1788-1858
Subjects: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 Phrenology
Publisher: Edinburgh : W. & A.K. Johnston
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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