The English Malady: or, a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds, as Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal and Hysterical Distempers, &c.
by CHEYNE, George
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION of one of the most influential early books on what was to become the discipline of psychiatry, probably the most widely read and influential English language book on the subject in the 18th century. George Cheyne (1671-1743) was a scientist, mathematician and physician with a wide range of interests. He has particular interest in nervous diseases and this is his major work on the subject. pp xvii-xxxii; title page Part I; text pp 1-107; Title Part II; text 111-255; Title Part III; 259-370; Finis with one line erratum; Ads 6pp; final blank. Decorative head and tailpieces and initial capitals. The contents are clean and sound with some toning which varies in depth through the work. Some slight but firm splitting of the outer hinges but an attractive unsophisticated copy in a full contemporary calf binding.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052
- Title
- The English Malady: or, a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds, as Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal and Hysterical Distempers, &c.
- Author
- CHEYNE, George
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Strahan and J. Leake
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1733
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medical science, Psychology, Biology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology & The Occult;
- Size
- 8vo
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