Lot 828
828
TROTTER, Thomas (1761-1832). An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical, on Drunkenness, and its effects on the Human Body. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804. 8o (210 x 128 mm). Quarter calf antique. Provenance: Christopher Cole (contemporary signature on title). FIRST EDITION. The first medical treatise on alcoholism. Garrison-Morton 2071.1; Norman 2098. -- TROTTER. A View of the Nervous Temperament, being a practical inquiry into the increasing prevalence, prevention, and treatment of those diseases commonly called nervous... Troy: Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, 1808. 12o (170 x 105 mm). Contemporary tree sheep (light rubbing to edges). Provenance: P. Osterbank (signature on fly leaf); Charles L. Willmarth (bookplate). First American Edition. One of the first psychiatric books to be printed in the United States. Norman 2099. (2)

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TROTTER, Thomas (1761-1832). An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical, on Drunkenness, and its effects on the Human Body. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804. 8o (210 x 128 mm). Quarter calf antique. Provenance: Christopher Cole (contemporary signature on title). FIRST EDITION. The first medical treatise on alcoholism. Garrison-Morton 2071.1; Norman 2098. -- TROTTER. A View of the Nervous Temperament, being a practical inquiry into the increasing prevalence, prevention, and treatment of those diseases commonly called nervous... Troy: Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, 1808. 12o (170 x 105 mm). Contemporary tree sheep (light rubbing to edges). Provenance: P. Osterbank (signature on fly leaf); Charles L. Willmarth (bookplate). First American Edition. One of the first psychiatric books to be printed in the United States. Norman 2099. (2)