[Rarebooks] FS: Dr. Richard Madden's "The Infirmities of Genius" London: 1833

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Madden, Richard Robert. THE INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS. Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in the Literary Character to the Habits and Constitutional Peculiarities of Men of Genius. In Two Volumes. London: Saunders and Otley. 1833. Lg. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. (6),298;(2),298pp. Index. 19th cent. brown morocco, gilt, a bit scuffed, over marbled boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Small tear to bottom blank of title, Vol. II. Some minor foxing of outer leaves.    $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
The author, a medical doctor, examines the health and longevity of prominent men; among them Burns, Byron, Cowper, Samuel Johnson, Pope and Scott.

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