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ESQUIROL, JEAN (1772-1840), Mental Maladies: A Treatise on Insanity.
Translation by E[benezer] K. Hunt (1810-1889) of _Des maladies mentales_ (Paris 1838). Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 1st Edition in English. 496pp. + inserted ads. dated 1847. Publisher's sheep with leather spine label. Light foxing, some chafing & rubbing to boards, else a near fine copy. Rare. 1 pound 11.0 ounces = 769 grams. 9.6 x 6.0 x 1.3 inches = 23.9 x 15 x 3.3cm. GM 4929. The first modern textbook of psychiatry and the model for all later psychiatric texts. Esquirol emphasized the importance of observation and good record-keeping; deprecated superstition and speculation; distinguished hallucinations from illusions, associating only the former with mental illness; and emphasized the role of environmental and age factors as precipitants of mental disease. Pinel's successor at Salpetriere, Esquirol was among the first to insist that the criminally insane should be treated as suffering from a disease. Though published without the nosological plates which appear in the 1838 French edition, the English translation is much rarer. Binding: HB. Very Good
Offered for US$ 1750.00 by: John Gach Books - Book number: 027380
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