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1st edition, 1806. Book size - c. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, pp. xiv + 137 + 112 + 84 , hardback in cloth. Book condition - Good ; moderate foxing of paste-downs and flyleaves, title page foxed and tanned/stained (please see photo) and the following (dedication) page a bit less so, however the remainder of the textblock is just a little dusty and with occasional spots of foxing, no inscriptions, back inner hinge intact, front flyleaf adheres to the paste-down in a strip, c.1cm wide, down the inner hinge area and this results in a hinge gap between the verso flyleaf and title page, binding firm ; bound in dark green textured cloth with title in gilt on the spine, would appear to be a later (Victorian ? ) re-binding ; front corners bent and with slightl loss, boards' edges sound, back board clean, back hinge rubbed with small splits but secure, spine with small loss at the foot, a top section (c. 4cm) above the title is repair piece with a colour and texture similar to the original, spine colour has a lightly sunned tinge to it but remains quite good, the gilt title is slightly dulled but remains clear, the front hinge shows splitting (apart from where the top replacment piece is fitted) but has had a basic repair in the past and is secure, front board clean with a slight dent on the fore-edge. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents. A rare copy of the 1806 first edition of this work. John Roberton (1776 - 1840) was a Scottish physician and social reformer. A radical and fringe figure in the medical profession, he is best remembered for advocating the founding of a medical police to promote health and social welfare and for authoring a book that became the centre of a notorious legal case. Born in Scotland, by 1799 he was in Edinburgh attending medical lectures and though he seems never to have graduated was admitted to the Royal Medical Society. His early published scientific papers on blisters, catarrh and cantharides suggested that he held unconventional views. In 1802 he established himself independently as a general practitioner, specialising in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and was an advocate of the use of cantharides. In 1809 Roberton published A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, etc . With his conduct eventually adjudged "disgraceful" by the Royal Medical Society he was expelled, moving to London in 1810. There he started to finalise his work on On Diseases of the Generative System. Owing to his reputation and the somewhat sensational nature of the work along with its explicit illustrations, Roberton had some difficulty in finding a publisher, though it was eventually published by John Joseph Stockdale. ( Biography adapted from Wikipedia ). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2503
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