Wien (Vienna): Alfred Holder. Fair with no dust jacket. 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover. iv + 548 pp. Mit 1 Abbildung im Text und 2 Tafeln. (5 color figs at rear and 4 b/w figs.) Second edition of one of the classics of medical literature on epilepsy by Otto Binswanger (1852-1929), who studied in Heidelberg, Zürich, Straßburg und Vienna and was graduated in 1877 in Göttingen. He became a professor in 1882 and accepted a job as director of the mental asylum in Jena, where this book was written. Book has a handsome library binding, leather and gilt spine, leather corners, black pebbled boards. The book has an ownership signature of William T. Shanahan, M.D., Director of the Craig Colony for Epileptics in Sonyea, N.Y., as well as a number of stamps of his name, It also 2 library college stamps. The leather is soft and scuffed, front cover has library white ink at bottom edge, top of spine chipped, interior has some underlining in pencil throughout (light). Very handsome 2nd edition, owned by a prominent American specialist on epilepsy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

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Bookseller: Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003098
Title: Die Epilepsie; Zweite, Neubearbeitete Auflage
Author: Binswanger, Prof. Dr. Otto
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Alfred Holder
Place of Publication: Wien (Vienna)
Date Published: 1913
Keywords: Epilepsie, Neurology, Association
Bookseller catalogs: Antiquarian/Rare; Medicine;

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