ESQUIROL, JEAN ETIENNE DOMINIQUE Traité des maladies mentales considérées sous le rapport médical, hygiénique et médico-légal . Paris: Paul Renouard pour J.-B. Baillière, 1838. First edition of the plate atlas (only) for Esquirol's classic clinical work on mental illness. Later plain paper wrappers. 8 x 5 1/4 inches (20.5 x 12.5 cm); title, plate list, and 27 fine engraved plates by Tardieu (including the folding plan of Charenton). Minor foxing, generally clean. Frequently lacking from sets of the work, this plate atlas was considered by Norman to be "the first important iconography of the insane, and has some of the most stark but striking images of the insane ever published." Norman 725; Garrison-Morton 4798; Heirs of Hippocrates 1262. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber
ESQUIROL, JEAN ETIENNE DOMINIQUE Traité des maladies mentales considérées sous le rapport médical, hygiénique et médico-légal . Paris: Paul Renouard pour J.-B. Baillière, 1838. First edition of the plate atlas (only) for Esquirol's classic clinical work on mental illness. Later plain paper wrappers. 8 x 5 1/4 inches (20.5 x 12.5 cm); title, plate list, and 27 fine engraved plates by Tardieu (including the folding plan of Charenton). Minor foxing, generally clean. Frequently lacking from sets of the work, this plate atlas was considered by Norman to be "the first important iconography of the insane, and has some of the most stark but striking images of the insane ever published." Norman 725; Garrison-Morton 4798; Heirs of Hippocrates 1262. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber
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