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"Marseille au XIXème", rêves et triomphes, multiple authors, Ed. Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992

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"Marseille au XIXème", rêves et triomphes, multiple authors, Ed. Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992

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[THEATRE] ARNAUD (M. de). Euphémie ou le Triomphe de la Religion, Drama. Published by Le Jay in 1768. Size in-8, full marbled calf, spine with false nerves decorated with gilding, title/author in red and green morocco, all edges gilded. Frontispiece. Good condition.

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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).

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Silver baluster-shaped CONFITURIER, standing on four claw feet, with double openwork decoration of a triumph on a horse-drawn chariot and two masks surrounded by foliage. The handles end in double Athena heads, and the lid features dolphin heads. Early 19th century. Old Man hallmark. Weight : 834 g. H. 27 cm. Missing glass, small dents.

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