Traité de la médecine légale des aliénés

by Bénédict Augustin Morel

$1,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Victor Masson and Son, 1866. 4to. iv , vii, 160 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers bound in morocco-backed boards. Some very light dampstaining and foxing. Item #19034 First edition of the first history of medical jurisprudence of insanity. The author begins his study with the ancient Romans and biblical figures, asserting that they often conflated mental illness with

• Binding: Leather

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