Spurzheim, Johann Kaspar (Jean Gaspard) (1776-1832), physician and phrenologist

Miscellaneous material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autogrpah Letters Sequence.

1815-1832

15 items

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, June 1927 (acc.57007), July 1931 (acc.57468 and 67548) and August 1931 (acc.68223); Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700); Mrs. Barrett, London, March 1930 (acc.91327); unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Stevens, London, July 1931 (acc.68191) and October 1932 (acc.68323); Glendining, London, August 1934 (acc.67833); John Wilson, April 1988 (acc.347936). No.6 part of a batch of material transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum offices: provenance not known (acc.69200); accession details of no.10 not recorded.

Letters by Spurzheim are also found in MSS. 5270 and 5371.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.