Charles-Chrétien-Henri MARC
De la folie considérée dans ses rapports avec les questions médico-judiciaires
J.B. Baillière|Paris 1840|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the first work dealing with forensic medicine applied to the mentally ill.
Contemporary half-calf bindings in brown glazed calf, smooth spines decorated with central gilt tools as well as quadruple fillets and gilt arabesques at head and tail, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with a lithographed portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
Some foxing affecting the beginning and end of each volume.
Rare copy, elegantly bound at the time, of this important work.
Contemporary half-calf bindings in brown glazed calf, smooth spines decorated with central gilt tools as well as quadruple fillets and gilt arabesques at head and tail, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with a lithographed portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
Some foxing affecting the beginning and end of each volume.
Rare copy, elegantly bound at the time, of this important work.
€500