‎MESMER (M.) -- D'ESLON (M.)‎
‎MESMER (M.). Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal. P., Didot, 1779, (1), 6pp., 85pp. ; EDITION ORIGINALE ---- Relié à la suite : D'ESLON (M.). Observations sur le magnétisme animal. P., Didot, 1780, (2), 151pp. ; EDITION ORIGINALE ---- Soit 2 OUVRAGES reliés en un volume‎

‎P., Didot, 1779 (MESMER), 1780 (D'ESLON), 2 OUVRAGES reliés en un volume in 8 plein veau moucheté, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque), (un coin très légèrement émoussé), (1), 6pp., 85pp. ; (2), 151pp.‎

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‎---- Les deux ouvrages sont en EDITIONS ORIGINALES ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- "A foundational work in the history of modern psychology". (Crabtree N° 10 pour l'ouvrage de Mesmer) ---- En français dans le texte N° 171 (pour l'ouvrage de Mesmer) : "Ce mémoire permet de prendre la mesure d'une pratique révolutionnaire dont les prolongements aux siècles suivants furent essentiels. Du somnambulisme provoqué à l'hypnose et à la psychanalyse, l'expérience contemporaine de la psychiatrie dynamique, la découverte de l'inconscient et la guérison par l'esprit trouvent leur origine dans l'audace autoritaire et maladroite des intuitions du précurseur Mesmer" ---- GARRISON N° 4992.1 (pour l'ouvrage de Mesmer) : "Mesmer promoted his system of treatment, based on this 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 Ancien régime considered the leaders of the animal magnetism movement to be politically dangerous. The attention Mesmer directed toward hypnosis and suggestion in psychiatry led eventually to its scientific investigation by Braid and others. It also led to the more scientific development of suggestion in treatment, which has been termed after him "mesmerism". Following an enquiry instituted by Louis XVI, Mesmer's career came to an abrupt end" ---- Heirs of Hippocrate N° 1013 - PMM N° 225 - Honeyman N° 2218 - Norman N° M4 - Barrucand N° 259 - Hunter & Macalpine pp. 480/482- DSB IX pp. 325/328 (pour l'ouvrage de Mesmer) ---- Norman N° M77 (pour l'ouvrage de D'ESLON): "In his major treatise on magnetism, d'Eslon describes his first encounter with animal magnetism and how he became convinced of its efficacy. It also gives the details of eighteen cases treated by Mesmer under his observation, one of the patients being d'Eslon himself" - Crabtree N° 12**3663/ARM4‎