ANIMAL MAGNETISM Group of 9 French works in 10 volumes 178

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(ANIMAL MAGNETISM.) Group of 9 French works in 10 volumes. Various formats, various bindings. first editions except for Mesmer Aphorismes. Paris, 1781-1826

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Mesmer, Franz Anton. Précis Historique des Faits relatifs au Magnétisme jusques en Avril 1781. [8], 229 pages, including half-title. Modern morocco; contents clean. "Londres" [i. e., Paris], 1781.

Franklin, Benjamin; et al. Rapport des Commissaires chargés par le Roi de l'Examen du Magnétisme Animal. [2], 64 (of 66) pages; lacks last leaf of text. Contemporary boards. 1784; contents clean. Duveen & Klickstein 223.

[Paulet, Jean-Jacques.] L'Antimagnétisme; ou, Origine, Progrès, Décadence, Renouvellement et Réfutation du Magnétisme Animal. Engraved frontispiece (loose, possibly from another copy). [4], 252 pages. Early 19th-century 1/4 calf gilt, spine faded; contents clean. "Londres" [i. e., Paris], 1784.

Thouret, Michel-Augustin. Recherches et Doutes sur le Magnétisme Animal. xxxv, [1], 251 pages, including half-title. Modern morocco preserving contemporary leather lettering piece; dampstaining in lower inner corners at beginning and end. Contemporary armorial stamp of Henri Petit (Olivier & Vialet 531) on title verso; bookplate of the psychiatrist Clements C. Fry (1892-1955).

Mesmer, Franz Anton. Aphorismes . . . Troisième Édition. [3]-240 pages; lacks half-title. Early 19th-century 1/4 sheep gilt; contents clean. 1785.

Chastenet de Puysegur, Armand-Marie-Jacques, Marquis de. Recherches, Expériences et Observations Physiologiques sur l'Homme dans l'État de Somnambulisme Naturel, et dans le Somnambulisme provoqué par l'Acte Magnétique. [8], 430, [1] pages, including errata leaf at end. Contemporary 1/4 sheep gilt, spine dulled, chipped at top, joints rubbed; foxing at beginning and end, contemporary owner's note on title. 1811.

Deleuze, Joseph-Philippe-François. Histoire Critique du Magnétisme Animal. [4], 298; [4], 340 pages. 2 volumes. Modern linen; scattered minor foxing; uncut. Bookplates of the gynecologist Joseph-Claude-Anthelme Recamier (1774-1852) on verso of half-titles. 1813.

Deleuze, Joseph-Philippe-François. Instruction Pratique sur le Magnétisme Animal. [6], 472 pages, including half-title. Modern 1/4 cloth; scattered and occasionally heavy foxing. 1825.

Bertrand, Alexandre. Du Magnétisme Animal en France . . . suivi de Considérations sur l'Extase, dans les Traitements Magnétiques. [4], 4, xxix, [1], 539 pages. Publisher's 32-page catalogue at end dated July 1833. Modern linen with heavily foxed original wrappers bound in; scattered foxing internally; uncut. 1826 [i. e., 1833].