The Birth of the Clinic; An Archaeology of Medical Perception
New York: Pantheon Books [1973], 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xix, [3], 3-215, [5] pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Translated from the French by A.M. Sheridan Smith. Part of The World of Man: A Library of Theory and Research in the Human Sciences series. R.D. Laing, editor of the series. Honderich 288-289. A nice copy of one of his "archaeologies", several volumes Foucault published during his career that examined the history of knowledge in the fields of medicine, sexuality, and ancient philosophy. This archaeology outlines Foucault's analysis of the history of medicine, and how western physicians came to formulate their body of medical and physical knowledge. Very Good / Very Good or better. Item #000017208
Faint remains of a pencil inscription on the free front endpaper, one leaf's corner with a soil spot; jacket with a few traces of edge wear and a hint of foxing to its reverse.
Price: $125.00