Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 370

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
RUSH, BENJAMIN. Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind. [iii]-367 pages; lacking the 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, 207x125 mm, modern 1/4 calf; title and next few leaves reinforced along edges, scattered mostly minor stains, hole in blank upper margin of last leaf. Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson, 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.