(Animal magnetism). [PAULET (J-J.). ANTIMAGNETISME OR ORIGIN - Lot 153

(Animal magnetism). [PAULET (J-J.). ANTIMAGNETISME OR ORIGIN, progress, decadence, renewal and refutation of animal magnetism. London, s.n., 1784. In-8, fawn basane, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). First edition divided into 4 parts; in the first, the author looks for traces of magnetism in authors of the 16th and 17th centuries, the second is devoted to Mesmer and his theory, the third to Catechism (sic) and the last offers numerous detailed notes on various famous touchers, magic mirrors... The work is complete with its astonishing allegorical plate. Personal copy of Frédéric Lachèvre (1855-1943), bibliographer and literary critic, specialist in 17th-century libertinism (bookplate). Minor spotting, but otherwise a good copy (Caillet III, 8375).