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Facts in Mesmerism – With Reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into it by Rev Chauncy Hare Townshend – Very Scarce First Edition 1840

An extremely rare First edition, published by Longman, London 1840

An extensive study and defence of mesmerism by Chancy Hare Townshend (1798-1868) and English priest, poet, collector of natural history and a man with a passionate interest in mesmerism. He was a good friend of Charles Dickens who dedicated “Great Expectations” to him [Townshend had the manuscript of Great Expectations at the time of his death].

Mesmerism (named after Franz Mesmer) a hypnosis based on the theory of animal magnetism. Due to its spiritual associations and uncanny effects it was controversial in the early 19th century. Towsnhend describes in detail the mental states mesmerism induces, which he defines as similar to a state of sleepwalking. Fascinating content including the accounts of experiments carried out by the author in which he hypnotised his subjects into feeling his own sensations and possessing knowledge that they could not have known.

Townshend has quite a Wikipedia write up and the hilarious meeting with poet John Clare is worth a read

Rare and valuable first edition of an early work on Mesmerism

$90.00

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Striking Pochoir from Gazette du Bon Ton -1920 – Artist George Lepape

A beautiful hand coloured “Pochoire” by the great George Lepape (1867-1971) for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton published in 1920.

“Dancing” with a dramatic full length gown designed by Paul Poiret. The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.

Price unframed $90.00

Lepape collectable and striking imagery

Click on me please to see me all …

$90.00

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Tiens-Toi Bien – Pierre Brissaud – Gazette du Bon Ton -1914

A beautiful hand coloured “Pochoir” by Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton published in 1914.

Tiens-Toi Bien – “Behave Yourself”. A summer dress by the designer Cheruit.

A lovely colourful story telling pochoir as is the style of Brissaud. Price unframed.

Click on me to see me all …………..

$120.00

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“Les Premieres Roses” – Gazette du Bon Ton – by Gose – 1913

A beautiful hand coloured “Pochoire” by J Gose for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton published in 1913.

“Les Premieres Roses” with a costume tailored for the morning. A lovely mother daughter image

Priced as unframed.

The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.

Click on image to see it all ……………..

$90.00

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The Unknown Guest [and Other Essays] – Maurice Maeterlinck

The Unknown Guest by Nobel Prize winning author, playwright and poet Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck. Published by Methuen, London in 1925 a fourth printing. Bound in original green cloth, 340 pages some flecking to soft paper page edges but generally a pretty good copy of a hard to get book.

An unusual group of essays including the title offering we have … Phantasms of the Living and the Dead; Psychometry; the Knowledge of the Future and The Elberfield Horses.

An intellectual potpourri if there ever was one.

$40.00

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The Constitution of Man – George Combe – 1871

An 1871 edition of this important book published by MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh. Over 350 page in very good condition still tight in its original cloth binding with rich dark green endpapers.

George Combe (1788-1858) was an ardent phrenologist and writer. Born in Edinburgh he founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820. He led the field there for over twenty years and this was his great work.

Originally a lawyer with a successful practice. In 1816 Johann Spurzheim came to Edinburgh and Combe was invited to a private dissection of the human brain which greatly impressed him. This spurred him on to make his own investigations and he was satisfied that the fundamental principles of phrenology were sound, namely “that the brain is the organ of the mind; that the brain is an aggregate of several parts, each subserving a distinct mental faculty; and that the size of the cerebral organ is, caeteris paribus, and index of power or energy of function”.

Many of the principles set out in The Constitution of Man would challenge modern morality.

Combe – Distinguished in his field

$50.00

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Facts in Mesmerism – With Reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into it by Rev Chauncy Hare Townshend – Very Scarce First Edition 1840

Striking Pochoir from Gazette du Bon Ton -1920 – Artist George Lepape

Tiens-Toi Bien – Pierre Brissaud – Gazette du Bon Ton -1914

“Les Premieres Roses” – Gazette du Bon Ton – by Gose – 1913

The Unknown Guest [and Other Essays] – Maurice Maeterlinck

The Constitution of Man – George Combe – 1871

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