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Auction archive: Lot number 171

MESMERISM, HYPONOSIS, SOMNAMBULISM] A fine collection of works on animal magnetism, sleep-walking, hypnosis, and related topics

Estimate
US$600 - US$900
Price realised:
US$2,375
Auction archive: Lot number 171

MESMERISM, HYPONOSIS, SOMNAMBULISM] A fine collection of works on animal magnetism, sleep-walking, hypnosis, and related topics

Estimate
US$600 - US$900
Price realised:
US$2,375
Beschreibung:

MESMERISM, HYPONOSIS, SOMNAMBULISM] A fine collection of works on animal magnetism, sleep-walking, hypnosis, and related topics . Includes approximately twenty-two bound works, among them Scoresby Zoistic Magnetism, 1849; Haddock Somnolism and Psycheism, 1851; Pearson A Plain and Rational Account of the Nature and Effects of Animal Magnetism, 1790 (actually a satirical work against mesmerism); and approximately sixteen pamphlets, offprints, and journals, including (for example) the works of Esdaile on Indian mesmerism and Puysegur's important 1784 Memoires on animal magnetism. Condition varies; generally sound, but should be seen. A rich collection with some very uncommon works. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber

Auction archive: Lot number 171
Auction:
Datum:
13 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

MESMERISM, HYPONOSIS, SOMNAMBULISM] A fine collection of works on animal magnetism, sleep-walking, hypnosis, and related topics . Includes approximately twenty-two bound works, among them Scoresby Zoistic Magnetism, 1849; Haddock Somnolism and Psycheism, 1851; Pearson A Plain and Rational Account of the Nature and Effects of Animal Magnetism, 1790 (actually a satirical work against mesmerism); and approximately sixteen pamphlets, offprints, and journals, including (for example) the works of Esdaile on Indian mesmerism and Puysegur's important 1784 Memoires on animal magnetism. Condition varies; generally sound, but should be seen. A rich collection with some very uncommon works. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber

Auction archive: Lot number 171
Auction:
Datum:
13 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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