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ESQUIROL, (1772-1840), Alienation mental: Des illusions chez les alienes. Question medico-legale sur l'isolement des alienes.
Paris: Librairie Medicale de Crochard, 1832. 1st separate Edition. [iv]+83+[1]pp. Printed tan wrappers with black lettering. Slight edge-chipping and slight foxing, else a fresh, near fine and unopened copy. Memoirs read at the Institute, October 1st, 1832. First published in _Annales d'hygiene et de medecine legale_. "Esquirol [was the first to distinguish] illusions from hallucinations by defining the first as purely mental (i.e. not excited by an external object), and the second as deranged interpretation of actual sensations" [Norman Catalog #721]. 8.0 ounces = 228 grams. 8.7 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches = 21.7 x 13 x 1cm. Binding: PB. Like new
Offered for US$ 1000.00 by: John Gach Books - Book number: 066359
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