ROTH, BERNARD. ACTIVE 1880s.


The Treatment of Lateral Curvature of the Spine, with an Appendix on the Treatment of Flat-Foot. London: H.K. Lewis, 1889. 8vo. 8 Woodburytype photographs mounted on 4 leaves before title page, woodcut illustrations in text. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Rubbing and tears to cloth on spine, photographic leaves curling slightly, minor spotting.FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. "Roth ... spins forth his remedies of poor posture in school children with numerous woodcut illustrations interspersed in the text. The photographs, however, are what make the book a prize: six views of a young woman posed dishabille, and two dorsal views of a seven year old, both subjects suffering from moderate declination of the spine" (Mark Rowley, Photo Illustrated Medical Literature, 2004).