COOKE, JOHN. 1756-1838. History and Method of Cure of the Various Species of Epilepsy. London: L...

COOKE, JOHN. 1756-1838. History and Method of Cure of the Various Species of Epilepsy. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 8vo (223 x 140 mm). Volume title page and paper spine labels bound at back, followed by 8 pp publisher's advertisements. Contemporary plain boards, rebacked with paper spine label laid down. Stains to cover, corners of boards heavily bumped, scattered foxing and browning. Provenance: Dr. William Price (Welsh surgeon, 1800-1893, penciled note below inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To Dr. Price, with the author's best compliments.' This constituted part II of the second and final volume of Cooke's A Treatise on Nervous Diseases, although it forms a complete work on its own. A note below the inscription attributes this copy to Dr. William Price, a colorful eccentric who held strong Welsh nationalist sentiments, founded a neo-Druidic church, and declared himself an Arch-Druid. He is mainly noted for the controversy he created in choosing to cremate the body of his son (who died in infancy) on a funeral pyre, rather than by burial. Garrison-McHenry p 271. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Without reserve For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing