Madness and Civilization. A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.
by FOUCAULT, Michel
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- Hardcover
- first
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Stockholm, Sweden
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About This Item
New York, Pantheon Books, 1965. 8vo. xiii,+ (blank),+ 299 pp. A few underlinings with red ink. Publ. red cloth, with somewhat worn and soiled dust jacket, tears on jacket spine. From the library of Peter Weiss and Gunilla Palmstierna Weiss, with library stamp. First US edition, translated by Richard Howard. The French original,”Histoire de la Folie” was published in 1961. The underlinings on pp. 46-47, 99, 102, 103, 107, 125 and 172 are possibly made by Peter Weiss.
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- Bookseller
- Centralantikvariatet (SE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112934
- Title
- Madness and Civilization. A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.
- Author
- FOUCAULT, Michel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Centralantikvariatet
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Stockholm
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Centralantikvariatet in Stockholm deals with rare and academic books in history, archaeology and related subjects, but we also have a large selection on music.
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