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Scarce work on the love-sick 1623

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Title: De la Maladie D'Amour, ou Melancholie Erotique
Author: Ferrand, Jacques
Description: [xxxii], 270, [10] pp. Collation: a8, e8, A-R8, S4. Lacking 4 leaves of preliminary material (i1-4). (8vo) 6¼x4¼, later full calf, rebacked, red leather title label lettered in gilt. First Edition.A scarce and important work in the annals of psychiatric history. Ferrand applies the clinical method to medical conditions caused by intense love and suggests various medical and pharmaceutical remedies for love's melancholy. An early pioneer of French psychiatry Ferrand practiced medicine at Toulouse.
Heading: Place Published: Paris
Publisher: Denis Moreau
Date Published: 1623