Author: MAURY, L.F.A.,
Title: Le sommeil et les rêves. Etudes psychologiques sur ces phénomènes...
Description: Paris, Didier et Cie., 1861. Very nice near contemp. half polished red -brown clf., over dark red machine marbled paper brdsd. spine some discol. Hlf. mor. (b.g.). [n2, a4, 1 26 in 8, 27 in 4, 28 in 2]. (IV (half title and printed title), (I) - VII, VIII (blank), (1), 2 - 426 pp.). (Some light foxing & sl. yellow.). (Nice original blue green marbled endp.). Caillet III, 7269: Ellenbeger 306, a.o. : "Maury understood that sensory stimulation did not account for the greatest part of the dreams ...Maury also believed that the speed of dreams greatly exceeded that of thought in the waking state. Maury's work inaugurated the study of experimental stimulation of dreams." First ed. of this book which was reprinted many times.

Keywords: psychology medicine sleep