Collective work. International treatise on pathological psyc - Lot 174

Collective work. International treatise on pathological psychology. Volumes 1, 2 and 3. Published in Paris by Félix Alcan between 1910 and 1912. In 3 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format. Green half-basane. Spines decorated with triple cold-stamped fillets, gilt title and tomaison. Bindings signed by Émile Babin. VIII-1028 ; XXIV-1000 ; VII-1086 pages, numerous black illustrations in and out of text, including 353 engravings in text in vol. 1, 341 engravings in vol. 2 and 338 engravings in vol. 3. Spine faded, spine and covers rubbed and slightly missing. Paper slightly browned in margins. First edition of this important treatise on psychopathology edited by Auguste Armand Marie, profusely illustrated in black in the text. The editorial board included Bechterew, Clouston, Grasset, Lugaro, Magnan, Pilcz, Raymond and Ziehen. The work offers a comprehensive study of mental illnesses: hallucinatory disorders, chronic delusions, melancholia, paranoia, dementia praecox (schizophrenia), neuroses and hysteria. The set is complete in 3 volumes published between 1910 and 1912, and composed as follows: Volume 1 (1910): General Psychopathology Volume 2 (1911): Clinical psychopathology Volume 3 (1912): Psychopathology applied to psychiatry. Strong, solid set in fine condition, interiors very clean.