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BATTIE, William (1703-1776). A Treatise on Madness. London: for J. Whiston, and B. White, 1758.
4o (228 x169 mm). (B4v with torn away at lower corner [clipping one letter] and silked repairing tear crossing text, some scattered foxing and spotting, pale marginal dampstaining at center.) Modern half calf, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Provenance: Will? Cham? (inscription on title, cropped).
"FIRST EDITION OF "THE FIRST ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ON THE SUBJECT" (Garrison-Morton). Diamond 24.7; Garrison-Morton 4919.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 860; Norman 137; Wellcome II, p. 115.
4o (228 x169 mm). (B4v with torn away at lower corner [clipping one letter] and silked repairing tear crossing text, some scattered foxing and spotting, pale marginal dampstaining at center.) Modern half calf, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Provenance: Will? Cham? (inscription on title, cropped).
"FIRST EDITION OF "THE FIRST ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ON THE SUBJECT" (Garrison-Morton). Diamond 24.7; Garrison-Morton 4919.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 860; Norman 137; Wellcome II, p. 115.