8vo. [3], vi-xii, 301pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate to FEP of Edward Nicolas Hurt, deleted ink ownership inscription to head of title-page, marginal loss to corner of R6, occasional light spotting.

The first edition of physician Henry Holland's (1788-1873) essays on the science and phenomena of the mind; extracted from his Medical Notes and Reflections (1839) which explored the relationship between mind and body through the prism of the philosophy and practice of medicine.