Ikonographische Darstellung der nicht-syphilitischen Hautkrankheiten. Mit darauf bezüglichem systematischem Texte.
Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1839. First edition. Small folio, 16x10.5" [ix], xv, [2], 96pp. Complete with 30 color lithographic plates with additional hand coloring, of skin diseases. Perhaps a publisher's binding, muslin cloth over binder's waste boards, with gilt-lettered spine label. Stamps from the Royal Hungarian Franz Joseph University of Cluj and a Dr. Bata Karoly to prelims and final page. Contemporary signature of a Dr. Reinhardt to ffep. Upper marginal staining to first 30 or so pages, not affecting plates nor text. Scattered faint foxing, mainly to tissue guards which are intact. Binding soiled and worn, with upper corner partially peeled away, spine label also chipped. In all a very good copy in a practical contemporary binding.
Scarce and early dermatological atlas devoted entirely to non-syphilitic skin disease, and illustrated with a full suite of colored lithographic plates. Friedrich Jacob Behrend (1803-1889) was a prominent Berlin physician who published several important works on sexually transmitted disease, public hygiene and prostitution, and skin disease. This, his first published work, was issued at a time when visual representation remained central to diagnosis, with the text representing a growing effort to classify and distinguish these conditions.
A complete mid-19th-century dermatological atlas, combining systematic text with visuals for practical medical use, and in a contemporary, functional binding, perhaps institutionally used. Item #9825
Price: $1,500.00