Collectible - Very Good First Edition

By T. Cogan, M.D. Bath: Hazard & Binns, 1807. 2 vols. xxviii+495+[1], viii+282+[2]pp. + front & rear blanks to both vols. Errata to the first volume on page 495, to the second volume on the recto of the unnumbered leaf following page 282. 8vo. Rebound in mid-20th century black morocco spine labels, edges of both volumes marbled. Very good copies. Quite uncommon. Imprint to volume 2: Bath: printed and sold by John Binns; sold also by Cadell and Davies, London, 1810. First editions of both parts. Born in Northampshire, Cogan enrolled as a medical student at Leiden in 1765, after six years in the ministry, and was awarded his medical degree in 1767 for his dissertation, De animi pathematum, on the influence of the human passions on disease. He practiced as a physician, first in Holland, then in England, until 1780, when he retired from medicine to devote himself to literary and philosophical pursuits. Wellcome II, p. 366; Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers I:264-266. Weight: 2 pounds 5.7 ounces = 1.1 kg. Size: Inquire if you need further information.