Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 287

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700
Adams, John (1662-1720)
An Essay Concerning Self-Murther, wherein is endeavour'd to prove, That it is Unlawful According to Natural Principles.

London: Printed for Tho. Bennet, 1700.

First edition, octavo, written in reply to John Donne's Biathanatos, title page torn and stained with portion of fore-edge margin torn away; bound in full modern calf, antique style; Wing A-483; ESTC R22152.

[Together with]

Moore, Charles (1743-1811)

A Full Inquiry into the Subject of Suicide.

London: for J.F. and C. Rivington et al., 1790.

First edition, two large quarto volumes; handsomely bound in full contemporary uniform marbled calf, gilt-tooled with the emblem of the Society of Writers to the Signet on all four boards; flat gilt-tooled spines with labels in green and red, nicely preserved, joints slightly cracked, generally good, one worn board corner; 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (3)

"Up to his time, [Moore's work is] the most extensive treatise on the 'natural, social, moral, and religious' aspects of suicide, the risk of which the psychiatrist must continually bear in mind. From it is taken his historical survey showing the roots of modern legal attitudes and why Coroners still prefer the verdict of 'accidental death' even to 'suicide while of unsound mind.'" (Quoted from Hunter & MacAlpine, page 528.

ESTC T111258.

From Dr. Michael Stone's Psychiatry Collection.