Beschreibung:

MESMERISM, HYPONOSIS, SOMNAMBULISM] A fine collection of works on animal magnetism, sleep-walking, hypnosis, and related topics . Includes approximately twenty-two bound works, among them Scoresby Zoistic Magnetism, 1849; Haddock Somnolism and Psycheism, 1851; Pearson A Plain and Rational Account of the Nature and Effects of Animal Magnetism, 1790 (actually a satirical work against mesmerism); and approximately sixteen pamphlets, offprints, and journals, including (for example) the works of Esdaile on Indian mesmerism and Puysegur's important 1784 Memoires on animal magnetism. Condition varies; generally sound, but should be seen. A rich collection with some very uncommon works. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber