THE INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS. Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in the Literary Character to the Habits and Constitutional Peculiarities of Men of Genius. In Two Volumes

by Madden, Richard Robert

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Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
Seller Inventory #: 2006
Book condition:
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Saunders and Otley.
Place: London
Date published: 1833

Book Description

London: Saunders and Otley.. 1833. Lg. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. (6),298;(2),298pp. Index. 19th cent. brown morocco, gilt, a bit scuffed, over marbled boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Small tear to bottom blank of title, Vol. II. Some minor foxing of outer leaves. The author, a medica l doctor, examines the health and longevity of prominent men; among them Burns, Byron, Cowper, Samuel Johnson, Pope and Scott.

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