Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 196

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
HEINROTH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN AUGUST. Lehrbuch der Störungen des Seelenlebens oder der Seelenstörungen und ihrer Behandlung. Folding table. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary boards, spine darkened, missing small piece at top, cover corners worn; contents toned, old stamps on title. Leipzig, 1818

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first edition. "Heinroth theorized that mental diseases were due to 'unfree' states of the soul, which in turn were caused by sin" (Norman); in this work he introduced the term "psychiatrie." Garrison-Morton 4926; Hunter & Macalpine, page 952; Norman 1038; Zilboorg, pages 470-71.