CHIARUGI, Vincenzo (1759-1820). Abhandlung ber den Wahnsinn berhaupt und inbesondere, nebst einer Centurie von Beobachtungen. Leipzig: Georg David Meyer, 1795.

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CHIARUGI, Vincenzo (1759-1820). Abhandlung ber den Wahnsinn berhaupt und inbesondere, nebst einer Centurie von Beobachtungen. Leipzig: Georg David Meyer, 1795.

3 volumes bound in 1, 8o (302 x 114 mm). 2 folding engraved plates. Contemporary blue paper boards (worn). Provenance: Dr. Hager (signature on title page); Altenburg, Medico-Chirurgische Bibliothek (inkstamp on title page).

An abridged German version of Delle pazzia in genere et in specie (see lot 370). This was the only contemporary translation of Chiarugi's treatise on insanity. Heirs of Hippocrates 1164; NLM/Blake p. 87; Waller 1954; Norman 476.