Essai sur la théorie du somnambulisme magnétique

by Tardy De Montravel

$650 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

“London” but Paris or Strasbourg : 1785. 8vo. 108 pp. FIRST EDITION. Disbound. Item #19743 First edition of this highly influential treatise on sleepwalking which Crabtree calls “the first treatise to attempt to present a comprehensive theory of magnetic somnambulism.” Written by one of Mesmer’s students, the text covers the basics of Mesmer’s philosophy of animal magnetism and

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