Sale 2521 - Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books, October 24, 2019

165 c   (ANIMAL MAGNETISM.) Mialle, Simon. Exposé par Ordre Alphabeti- que des Cures opérées en France par le Magnétisme Animal, depuis Mesmer jusqu’à nos Jours. [6], xli, [1], 612; [4], 543 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, 218x140 mm, original wrappers, neatly rebacked retaining original paper lettering pieces; scattered foxing, infrequent minor marginal dampstaining; uncut and mostly unopened; cloth folding case. Paris: J. G. Dentu, 1826 [300/500] first edition of a collection of case histories involving the successful use of animal magnetism, organized alphabetically by condition treated. Pages [467]-500 in Volume 2 contain a bibliog- raphy of nearly 300 French-language publications on the subject. Norman M109. 166 c   (ANIMAL MAGNETISM.) Group of 9 French works in 10 volumes. Vari- ous formats, various bindings. first editions except for Mesmer Aphorismes. For list with condition details see swanngalleries.com . Paris, 1781-1826 [500/750] 165 167 c   ARNOLD, THOMAS. Observations on the Nature, Kinds, Causes, and Prevention of Insanity . . . Second Edition, corrected and improved. lxviii, 298; viii, 314 pages; lacks the portrait . 2 volumes. 8vo, 225x140 mm, 19th-century cloth, spines faded, shelf labels removed; scattered minor foxing. Bookplate of The Royal Medico- Psychological Association on front pastedowns, their stamp on title and last page in both volumes. London: R. Phillips, 1806 [200/300] Second edition of Arnold’s major work, first published in 1782-86. The first volume deals with classification, the second with causes of insanity. A third volume on treatment was published independently in 1809 as Observations on the Management of the Insane. “Historically Arnold’s importance was that he attempted a new classification of insanity by mental symptoms ‘drawn with some care and exactness immediately from nature’ rather than by arbitrary or social assessment of degree of madness, prevailing affective state or presence of fever”—Hunter & Macalpine, page 469. Garrison- Morton 4920. 168 c   BEAUMONT, WILLIAM. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Wood-engraved text illustrations. 280 pages. 8vo, 223x135 mm, original 1 / 4 cloth with paper lettering piece, covers soiled, stained, and detached; foxing throughout, dampstaining in outer corners of opening leaves, later pencil signature on title, pastedowns browned; cloth folding case. Plattsburgh: F. P. Allen, 1833 [500/750] first edition of the first accurate scientific study of the process of gastric digestion. Norman 152. Garrison-Morton 989; Rutkow GS9.