A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity

by Isaac Ray

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First edition

Ray, I saac . A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. Reprint edition. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1987. xv, 480 pp. Pale brown full calf, extra-gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Fine. 20. * Reprint of the first edition. Originally published in 1838, this was one of the first treatises on the subject and the first to be accepted widely as authoritative. It is even cited today.

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