Author: (CAMBRAY, J. de).- animal magnetism.- Mesmerism.-
Title: Traces du magnétisme.
Description: A la Haye, No publ., 1784. 8vo. W. large woodc. floral device on printed title. (Engraved front missing.). In a nice dark early 19th c. handmarbled paper cover. [A-C8]. 24 lvs. (1 - 3, 4 - 48 pp.). (A vague, but at times visible watersp. [more so on pp. 10 - 31] travelling from upper to lower blank margin, through inner gutter of paper.). Caillet 1972: Barbier I, 726: Early defender of Mesmer. He believes in a universal fluidum. This publication is a review of every ancient belief having some analogy or resemblance to the theory and practice of animal magnetism: Norman Coll. vol. 2, M 57: 'Cambray, an antiquarian supporter of Mesmerism, published this review of every ancient belief having some analogy or resemblance to the theory and practice of animal magnetism...': Crabtree 46, 'An erudite study of the 'traces' of animal magnetic phenomena in antiquity. Written by an antiquarian and supporter of Mesmer'.

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