The Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education / A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietical Regimen Suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs; and an Account of the Dietaries of Some of the Principal Metropolitan and Other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, The Sick, &c / Matrimony: or, Phrenology and Physiology Applied to the Selection of Congenial Companions for Life: Including Directions to the Married for Living Together Affectionately and Happily

New York: Fowlers and Wells, Publishers, 1855. Hardcover. Good. Three books bound into one volume. Volume one is from the seventh Edinburgh edition, enlarged and improved, 320pp.; volume two is presumed to be the first American edition, 320pp.; volume three is the thirty-fourth edition, improved, 108pp. List of works in rear, [4pp.] Illustrated with five woodcuts. Notes and observations by O.S. Fowler. Edited by Charles A. Lee. Uniquely bound three quarter leather with marble papercovered boards, black spine label. Owner's name penned on front pastedown, pages foxed, hinges and joints cracked, leather dry and chipped, spine and label split, a good to very good copy. Scarce in this format. (Inventory #: 409847)