Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Address to the public, respecting the establishment of a lunatic asylum at Edinburgh.
Published / Created:
Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1807.
Physical Description:
[2], 10, 9, [1], 15, [1] p. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
RC450.S2 R81 1809+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Copy of His Majesty's warrant erecting the contributors to the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum into a corporate body"--9 p.

"Some account of the plan for establishing a lunatic asylum at Edinburgh"--15 p.

BAC: In original brown paper-covered boards, as issued. Ms inscription on front cover: For the Duke of Buccleugh. Bound with: Observations on the structure of hospitals for the treatment of lunatics, and on the general principals on which the cure of insanity may be most successfully conducted / [Robert Reid]. Edinburgh : James Ballantyne and Co., 1809. Building fund solicitation pamphlet: [4] p. Laid in.
Subject Terms:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital. | Psychiatric hospitals -- Scotland. | Mental illness -- Treatment -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | James Ballantyne and Co. -- Printer | Buccleugh, Duke of -- Provenance