Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 330
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
FERRIAR, JOHN. An Essay towards a Theory of Apparitions. Half-title. 8vo, early 19th-century 1/2 calf with gilt Signet Library arms on covers, rebacked retaining original backstrip; scattered minor spotting. London, 1813

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first edition. "Ferriar was the first to proffer an entirely physio-pathological explanation of ghosts and other 'supernatural' apparitions"--Norman 790. Hunter & Macalpine, pages 543-46.