Cabanis: Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution
by Staum, Martin S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0691053014
- ISBN 13
- 9780691053011
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0691053014 . No signatures. No tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xi, [1], 430 pages. Red cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. Illustrated. History of Medicine. "Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture - Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution. This first major study of Cabanis in English traces the influences of these developments on his thought and career." - from dust wrapper blurb. [Seller Ref: TaylorCol]; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14561
- Title
- Cabanis: Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution
- Author
- Staum, Martin S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691053014
- ISBN 13
- 9780691053011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- (1980)
- Keywords
- 0691053014
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About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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