[Folklore] Ackermann, ASE A S EBiblio.com
Popular Fallacies
19079022London: Cassell and Company Ltd 1907. First edition. 8vo x 3 312pp. Frontis and 7 plates. Presentation copy from the author signed to the former owner on date of publication on half title verso. Publisher's green cloth with black line illustration and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine darkened corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers toned pencil numbering of the fallacies about halfway through. Newspaper clipping tipped in at rear. A very good copy. <br /> <br /> A very curious and scarce book basically a compendium of debunked folk beliefs; or an early version of Myth Busters. Covered are Domestic Fallacies Fallacies Connected with Ourselves Animal Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms Musical Instruments Weather and more. The author deals with palmistry spiritualism and other occult practices. Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann 1867-1951 was a mechanical and civil engineer who served as consultant to the Controller of National Aircraft Factories and secretary of the Society of Engineers in England. Cassell and Company Ltd unknown
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