On Aphasia, or Loss of Speech, and the Localisation of the Faculty of Articulate Language

London / Norwich: John Churchill and Sons / Jarrold and Sons, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's maroon cloth; 8vo; pp. xi, [1], 180, [40] (ads), plus frontispiece. Spine sunned, and lightly chipped at tips; corners bumped; hinges cracked. A few of the final pages have extensive notes handwritten in the margins -- contemporary, informed, and rather interesting. A unique copy of the scarce first edition.

The author's best known work, a pioneering treatise on aphasia which was awarded the Alvarenga Prize of the Paris Academy of Medicine. Bateman was knighted in 1892 for his study of brain diseases.