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ARNOLD, Thomas. Beobachtungen über die Natur, Arten, Ursachen und Verhütung des Wahnsinns oder der Tollheit, translated by Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann, Leipzig: Friedrich Gotthold Jacobäer, 1784. 8° (repaired tear across pp. 13-16 affecting a few words, outer margin of Q5-R1 ragged, affecting just one word on Q8v but with loss of a few words on R1 (list of references), first few outer margins with unobtrusive waterstaining), modern half calf; faint stamp of Hans Landfort on title; label of Dr. Denis Leigh. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, RARE of the first volume of Arnold's Observations on the Nature, Kinds, Causes, and Prevention of Insanity, Lunacy, or Madness. Only one copy in NUC.
With 13 other books from Dr. Denis Leigh's library, including George Baker's De affectibus animi et morbis inde oriundis, dissertatio (Cambridge, 1755) and Craniology burlesqued, in three serio-comic lectures (London, 1818). (14)
With 13 other books from Dr. Denis Leigh's library, including George Baker's De affectibus animi et morbis inde oriundis, dissertatio (Cambridge, 1755) and Craniology burlesqued, in three serio-comic lectures (London, 1818). (14)
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