Observations on the phrenological development of Burke, Hare, and other atrocious murderers
Subtitle: measurements of the most notorious thieves confined in the Edinburgh Jail and Bridewell, and of various individuals, English, Scotch, and Irish, presenting an extensive series of facts subversive of phrenology
By: read before the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh by Thomas Stone
Publisher: Published by Robert Buchanan, 26, George Street
Published: 1829
Place of publication: Edinburgh; William Hunter, 23, Hanover Street; John Stevenson, 87, Prince's Street; T. and G. Underwood, London; Robertson and Atkinson, Glasgow; Alex. Brown & Co., Aberdeen; And J. Cuming, Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Phrenology; Criminal anthropology; Criminals
Notes: With a half title.

75 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Bound with: Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal / William Burke. Edinburgh : Robert Buchanan, 1829. -- Letter to the Lord Advocate, disclosing the accomplices, secrets, and other facts relative to the late murders. Edinburgh, 1829.

Provenance : Ex Libris Fenwick Beekman (bookplate).