2 Facsimile Volumes of Karl Pearson's Examination of the Skulls: George Buchanan and Robert the Bruce
1) PEARSON, Karl (1857-1936) 'The Skull and Portraits of George Buchanan' Pub. Reprinted from Biometrika, vol 18, and issued to subscribers only, 1926, printed by W. Lewis M.A. at the University Press Cambridge. Collation: 28 leaves: (32 plates: 2 of plate 4 & plate 11) plus 6 tissue paper overlays (in end folder)
Printed board covers with buckram binding, 30 plates and 6 loose sheer diagrams, in back pocket, minor tanning and shelf wear.
Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell. (248x190mm)
2) PEARSON, Karl (1857-1936) 'King Robert the Bruce, 1274-1329 his Skull and Portraiture'. Pub. Offprinted from Biometrika, vol 16, 1924 and issued to subscribers only. Printed by W. Lewis M.A. at the University Press Cambridge. Collation: 24pp, 16 plates.
Printed board covers with buckram binding, mild foxing and tanning, minor shelf wear and foxing to cover. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (400x250mm)
Pearson held the posts of 'Goldsmid Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at University College', London in 1884 and then was appointed the dubious and experimental position of first Galton Professor of Eugenics at UCL in 1911.




PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $150-250