Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
MESMER, FRANZ ANTON. Mémoire sur la Découverte du Magnétisme Animal. [2], vi, 85 pages; lacks final blank. Small 8vo, modern 1/2 calf. Geneva & Paris: Didot le jeune, 1779
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first edition of the manifesto of Mesmerism. "Mesmer promoted his system of treatment, based on his confused doctrine of a universal magnetic fluid influencing tides and men alike, with books and great personal showmanship. His treatment became such a popular health care sensation in France that it was as much a social movement as a medical practice . . . The attention Mesmer directed toward hypnosis and suggestion in psychiatry led eventually to its scientific investigation by Braid [see lot 61] and others"--Garrison-Morton 4992.1. Crabtree 10 ("a foundational work in the history of psychology"); Hunter & Macalpine, page 480; Norman M4; Printing and the Mind of Man 225.