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Greatrakes, Valentine (1629-1683) A Brief Account of Mr. Valentine Greatraks, and Divers of the Strange Cures by him lately Performed.
London: J. Starkey, 1666.
First edition, quarto, folding engraved frontispiece showing Greatraks in the act of "curing several Deseases and distempers by the stroak of his Hand only," the text addressed to Robert Boyle; bound in full 19th century red morocco ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves; ex libris Ragley Hall Library, with bookplate, 7 x 5 1/8 in.
Greatrakes was an Irish folk healer who employed what we would now consider hypnosis to "cure" those suffering from psychosomatic illnesses.
