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Hardcover, bound in gray top-grain cowhide with all edges gilt, raised spine lettered in gold and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 480 pages. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Index. Illustrated. This special limited edition of was prepared from the first edition of 1838, courtesy of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. First edition thus. Ray, one of the founders of the discipline of forensic psychiatry, was a life-long advocate of of the mentally ill and advocated for legislation known as “‘Project of a Law,’ which recommended statutory enactment to secure the rights of the mentally ill and define the civil and criminal relationships of the insane.” No previous ownership marks. A pristine and unread copy. As new.