Name: Auction: [Mental Health - Quakerism] - Tuke, Samuel Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York, for Insane Persons of the Society of Friends
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 819 GBP
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Head of Sale, Cathy Tait, is delighted to present our first Books &amp; Manuscripts auction of 2025, which took place on Wednesday 05 February in our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online.Manuscript and archive material lead the way in the sale, with a signed letter by Mary I of England (Mary Tudor), a fascinating English Civil War medical text and an account of a voyage undertaken by the East India Company ship the “Swift”, a journey instrumental in the treatment and prevention of scurvy.Further highlights of the sale include an intriguing collection of detective and adventure novels from the golden age of mystery fiction, a near-complete collection of the output of the T.N. Foulis Press and an extremely rare 1915 copy of the Persian Gulf Pilot.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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Containing an Account of its Origin and Progress, the Modes of Treatment, and a Statement of Cases. York: W. Alexander [and others], 1813. First edition, 8vo, double-page engraved frontispiece, two double-page plans, contemporary half calf gilt, some rubbing to covers, joints worn, some browning and very minor dampstaining

Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York, for Insane Persons of the Society of Friends

[Mental Health - Quakerism] - Tuke, Samuel

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[Mental Health - Quakerism] - Tuke, Samuel

Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York, for Insane Persons of the Society of Friends

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