Hill, George Nesse (1766-1831)

An Essay on the Cure of Insanity, with Observations on the Prophylactic treatment of the predisposed to diseases connected with Aberration of Mind; rules for the detection of pretenders to Madness. Author's original holograph MS., with copious corrections and additions intended for a second edition. There are numerous inserted additions on slips. This work was published in London in 1814: but no record has been traced of a second edition. An inserted slip by a later hand reads: 'Manuscript of our Great Uncle George Nesse Hill Esqre of Alcaston Manor, and of Pepper Street, Chester....' Produced in Chester.

1813-1828

1 volume 8 ll. + pp. XII + 422. 4to. 191/2 × 161/2 cm. Original rough calf binding. The first and last leaves have been pasted down on to the upper and lower covers.

Purchased at Sotheby's 16/11/1931, Lot 76 (part).

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).