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DESSADE, J.-F. La Bio-Psychologie des Mages Primitifs de la Chaldée et de l'Égypte. [2], xviii, [2], 215 pages; signed by the author for authentication purposes on the last preliminary leaf. 8vo, 194x123 mm, contemporary 1/4 sheep gilt, bottom of spine chipped; occasional light toning or browning. Paris: chez les principaux Libraires, 1802
first edition of an eccentric treatise on the vital substance supposedly influencing human physiology, psychology, and the etiology of disease, and on antecedents of the concept in the ancient Middle East. Caillet 3087.
