PINEL (Ph.). NOSOGRAPHIE PHILOSOPHIQUE, ou La méthode de l'analyse appliquée à la médecine. Paris, Brosson, 1810. 3 vol. in-8 of (2]136-354-[2] ; [4]-576 ; [4]-606 pages, basane racinée, smooth spine decorated (contemporary binding). Fourth edition with a portrait by Delvaux after Mérimée. A medical doctor from Toulouse, Pinel (1745-1826) specialised in the study of mental illnesses in order to treat a friend of his suffering from acute mania. Some spotting and foxing, binding faded.