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Anatomia ex Caspari Bartholini Parentis Institutionibus, Omniumque Recentiorum & propriis Observationibus, Tertium ad sanguinis Circulationem Reformata Cum Iconibus novis accuratissimis.
Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden): Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1651.
First edition. [xiv], 576, [13]; with additional engraved title, a portrait, and 74 anatomical plates (all called for), of which 6 are folding. Latin text. Professional tissue repairs to top edges of first five leaves, and to some of the foldout plates. Superb plates, and contents overall very good, with minor toning or soiling to the margins, and, in some cases, a small tide stain. In recent quarter calf, spine titled and ruled in gilt, with marbled boards with corners of vellum. A beautiful copy. Very Good+.
Price: £980.00
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Psychiatry for the Poor: 1851 Colney Hatch Asylum, Friern Hospital 1973: A Medical and Social History.
London: Dawson [Dawsons of Pall Mall], 1974.
First edition. 264pp, illustrated. Contents clean and fresh, appears unread. In the original binding of white card covers with buff dust jacket printed in black and red. Top few mm of jacket spine slightly damaged without loss, otherwise very clean and fresh. Fine in VG+ dust-jacket.
Price: £85.00
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150 Years of British Psychiatry. Volume II: The Aftermath.
London: Athlone Press, 1996.
First edition. xiv, 629pp. Contents very clean and fresh, appears unread. In the original purple cloth-textured binding, with gilt lettering on spine. Fresh sharp copy, with no signs of wear. Glossy dust jacket in pristine condition. Fine in Fine dust-jacket.
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Price: £60.00
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Making a Medical Living: Doctors and Patients in the English Market for Medicine, 1720-1911. Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
First edition. 348pp. Includes 16 plates, four maps and 30 tables. Contents clean, fresh and unmarked, unread. In original bright red cloth-textured binding, spine titled in gilt, with slight flattening to head of spine. Pictorial dust jacket also fine with minimal knock to head of spine. Near Fine in near fine dust-jacket.
Price: £40.00
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Outside the Walls of the Asylum. The History of Care in the Community 1750-2000.
London: Athlone Press, 1999.
First edition. xiv, 337pp. Contents clean, fresh and unmarked, appears unread. In original black textured binding with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket equally fresh. As new. Fine in Fine dust-jacket.
Price: £40.00
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'Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody'. Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-Century England.
London: Leicester University Press, 1999.
First edition. 310pp. Including 10 illustrations. Contents very clean and fresh, appears unread. In original laminated pictorial boards, firm, bright and sharp. As new. Fine.
Price: £50.00
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