Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
DELEUZE, JOSEPH-PHILIPPE-FRANÇOIS. Histoire Critique du Magnétisme Animal . . . Seconde Édition. 2 volumes in one. [4], xiv, [2], 316; [4], 355 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, modern 1/4 leather with leather lettering piece; contents dampwrinkled, with some light marginal dampstaining. Paris, 1819

Additional Details

Second edition of an 1813 work on the history, practice, and early literature of animal magnetism, "one of the most important ever written on the subject" (Crabtree). Caillet 2933 ("ouvrage indispensable"); Crabtree 243; Norman M67 (all citing the original edition).