Gütner,J.G.
The powerful means of help to true Christianity... Drsdn., Gerlach 1…

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Gütner,J.G. The powerful means of help to true Christianity... Drsdn., Gerlach 1740. Front. 7 p., 1223 p., 8 p. hardcover with rebound boards. (partly detached) and rich ribbed boards (covers somewhat rubbed). The author was pastor of Pretzschendorff. The frontispiece shows a farmer working in the fields. - Provenance: Nobleman's library.

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Gütner,J.G.

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[HERVEY DE SAINT-DENIS (Marie-Jean-Léon marquis d'). Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger. Practical observations. Paris, Amyot, 1867. In-8, [1] f., 1 front in color, 496 pp. Red half-basane, smooth threaded spine, gilt title (period binding). Covers and spines slightly rubbed. Without title leaf. The frontispiece and title leaf are reproduced here in facsimile. Underlined in pencil, foxing in places. Cuts restored without loss of text on pp. 351-352 and 353-354. First edition of this rare work rediscovered by the Surrealists, who were fascinated by dreams and the imaginary. Although Hervey de Saint-Denis is better known as a sinologist than as a precursor of Freud, his study of dreams is worthy of note. When he was a teenager, he developed the habit of drawing his dreams: "I soon had a special album, in which the representation of each scene and each figure was accompanied by an explanatory gloss, carefully relating the circumstances that had brought about or followed the appearance". He attempts to elaborate a method "as to the psychology of dreaming in general, and as to the practical means of evoking or dismissing certain ideas-images while asleep, of guiding the mind in its spontaneous or voluntary movements, and finally of conducting one's dreams according to one's desires". He compares his own experience with all the authors who have written on the subject, from antiquity to his contemporaries, before concluding: "if the dream state does not enable us to maintain that intellectual equilibrium which is indispensable for accomplishing a work of the mind which is in every way reasonable, it can at least open up horizons to the ideal world which are unknown in real life". "This very curious book is a skilful summary of the Science of Dreams from the most remote antiquity to the present day, and analyzes all the works of any importance that have appeared on the subject. In addition to numerous anecdotes personal to the author, there are clear and precise instructions for repeating the author's highly unusual experiments in this branch of Psychic Science. It is a veritable Encyclopedia on the subject." Caillet (5123).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

MERCURIALE, Jerome. De arte gymnastica libri sex, in quibus exercitationum omnium Vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultatesm & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur. Venetiis, apud Iuntas, 1601 4to; 230x160 mm; Binding in full stiff vellum, title mss. on spine; blue boards. Pp. 16 nn. (incl. Front.), 308, 28 nn.; Typographical mark to Front., resumed larger at ult. Page. Ornate and historiated initials, xyl friezes. 25 xyl. plates at p.p. nn. Greek characters. Scattered moisture stains. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian figured edition of the first book entirely devoted to gymnastics. The splendid plates, taken from drawings by Pirro Ligorio, depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc. De arte gymnastica is the best-known and most original work by Mercuriale, a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and the greatest scholar of this subject in his time, the result of nearly seven years of study and research in the museums and libraries of Rome. The work is the first comprehensive treatise on medical gymnastics, in which the gymnastics of the ancients is linked with modern gymnastics, of which Mercuriale is the true precursor. Gymnastics is examined from the point of view of both history, medicine proper, and more generally hygiene. Exercises of agility, strength, and dexterity in use among the ancient Greeks and Romans are recalled; the various gymnastic exercises and the manner of performing them are presented, so that they may succeed in usefulness to health; the effects they produce, both on the healthy and the sick individual, are discussed. Mercurial corroborates gymnastics as a therapeutic means; also discusses balneotherapy and medical hydrology.Garrison-Morton 1986.1; Brunet III 1646; Heirs of Hippocrates 223; Adams M1320; Wellcome I 4224; Graesse IV 495. 4to; 230x160 mm; Full stiff vellum binding, handwritten title on spine; blue edges. 16 unnumbered pages (including title page), 308, 28 unnumbered pages. Printer's device on title page, repeated larger on the last page. Woodcut adorned initials and ornaments. 25 woodcut illustrations on full page in the text. Greek type. Spread dampstains. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian illustrated edition of the first book entirely devoted to gymnastics. The beautiful plates, taken from Pirro Ligorio's drawings, depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc.The De arte gymnastica is the best known and most original work by Mercuriale, a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and the greatest scholar of this subject in his time, the result of almost seven years of study and research in the museums and libraries of Rome. The work is the first complete treatise on medical gymnastics, in which the gymnastics of the ancients is connected with the modern one, of which the Mercurial is the true precursor. Gymnastics is examined from both a historical, medical and more generally hygienic point of view. The agility, strength and dexterity exercises used by the ancient Greeks and Romans are recalled; the various gymnastic exercises and the way to perform them are presented, so that they can be useful for health; the effects they produce are discussed, both on the healthy individual and on the sick one. Mercuriale supports gymnastics as a therapeutic means; he also deals with balneotherapy and medical hydrology.Garrison-Morton 1986.1; Brunet III 1646; Heirs of Hippocrates 223; Adams M1320; Wellcome I 4224; Graesse IV 495.

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