[Rarebooks] FS: First American book on psychiatry. Philadelphia: 1812

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(MEDICINE) Rush, Benjamin. MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE 
DISEASES OF THE MIND. Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson. 1812. 8vo. 367,(1)pp. 
Without the half-title. Cont. calf, hinges rubbed, small piece chipped away 
at bottom of spine. Some old text soiling along the bottom margin.     
$500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition, second issue, of the first American book on psychiatry. 
Garrison & Morton #4924 ("...one of the most noteworthy books on the 
subject").

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