HASLAM, John. Observation on madness and melancholy. - Lot 371

HASLAM, John. Observation on madness and melancholy. Published in London by J. Callow in 1809. In octavo / In-8 format. Half fir tree basane. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets. VII+345 pages. Second English-language edition of this work by John Haslam (1764-1844); the first edition appeared in 1798 under the title "Observations on Insanity, with Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection". It includes considerations on the disease, its symptoms, its occurrence in children, ways of dealing with it and its remedies. Good condition despite a fragile binding with split jaws; leather missing from spine. Interior remains bright. A sought-after work.