Victorian Medical History · 1881 · First English Edition
Syphilis & Marriage — Alfred Fournier, 1881 | First English Edition & Victorian Manuscript Note
Alfred Fournier · London: David Bogue, 1881
Catalogue details
Description
The first English edition of Alfred Fournier’s important nineteenth-century study of syphilis, marriage, congenital infection and medical ethics. Translated by Alfred Lingard, with a preface by Jonathan Hutchinson. Original publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth, with an early ownership inscription and a loose contemporary handwritten note retained in the volume.
- Dimensions
- Measurements gladly provided on request
- Author
- Alfred Fournier (1832–1914)
- Title
- Syphilis & Marriage
- Translator
- Alfred Lingard, M.R.C.S.
- Preface
- Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.C.S.
- Publication
- London: David Bogue, 1881
- Edition
- First English edition; French original issued 1880
- Pagination
- xx, 264 pages (bibliographical description; individual copy not collated)
- Binding
- Original publisher’s olive-brown cloth lettered in gilt
- Condition
- Please consult the photographs for condition. Additional photographs are available on request.
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Historical context & sources
Historical context & medical ethics
Published in London in 1881, this first English edition presents Alfred Fournier’s nineteenth-century discussion of syphilis, marriage and congenital infection. Translated by Alfred Lingard with a preface by Jonathan Hutchinson, the volume is a historical medical text and should be read in its period context.
Ownership marks & accompanying manuscript
The copy retains an early handwritten ownership inscription and a loose contemporary handwritten note. The note may be an accounting or ledger record, but its writer, date and original purpose have not been established. Both elements remain with the book.
