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(ANIMAL MAGNETISM.). (POE). [ANON.]. The Philosophy of Animal Magnetism: Together with the System of Manipulating Adopted to Produce Ecstacy and Somnabulism--the Effects and the Rationale. By a Gentleman of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Gunn, 1837. 1st ed. 12mo. 84 pp. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. Front cover nearly detached. Cover somewhat soiled. Foxed. $1,350.00

 

Rinderknecht 46284. A very good, early account of animal magnetism, often attributed to Poe.