Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 220

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(MEDICINE.) Rush, Benjamin. Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the Diseases of the Mind. [iii]-367 pages plus initial blank leaf; lacking the 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, modern 1/4 morocco; foxing, minor marginal repairs to a few leaves including title; early owner's pencil signature on title. Philadelphia, 1812
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first edition, second issue, with gathering H reset adding an additional line per page. "The first psychiatric treatise produced by an American native"--Norman 1867. Austin 1670; Garrison-Morton 4924; Hunter & Macalpine, pages 662-670.