Zimmerman [Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann] — La Solitude

Paris, Charpentier, 1859. Leather. The eighteenth century Swiss physician Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann provides a fascinating study of solitude in this uncommon work. An attractive leather bound volume containing Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann's fascinating exploration of solitude. Published in French. This interdisciplinary work draws on case studies from history, literature, and medicine to offer a complex analysis of solitude. The Swiss physician dwells on hoe solitude can be prompted by manifold situations, and explores the ways it can be desired or avoided, and beneficial or harmful. Zimmerman was the private physician of George III and later Frederick the Great, but also produced works on philosophy and nature. In a quarter calf binding over patterned boards. Externally, smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards with a little bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and lightly foxed. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .