Gilman, Sander L.

Seeing the Insane [1982 1ST EDITION WITH JACKET - FINE]

1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. John Wiley & Sons (in association with Brunner/Mazel Publishers, New York), 1982. First Edition, First Printing (with the full numberline ending in 1). 12.25 X 9.25 inches.239 pages with 287 black and white photographic illustrations offering a cultural history of madness and art in the western world showing how the portrayal of stereotypes has both reflected and shaped the perception and treatment of the mentally disturbed, as depicted in manuscripts, woodcuts, engravings, drawings, paintings, sculptures, lithographs and photographs, from the Middle Ages to the end of the nineteenth century. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Near Fine dust jacket showing wear along edges and corners, small closed tears with wrinkling at head of spine and lower canter margin of rear panel. Fine / near fine. Item #5758
ISBN: 0876302339

Price: $125.00