BIRNSTIEL, Franz Heinrich. Gesammelte Akten-Stücke zu Aufdeckung des Geheimnisses des sogenannten Thierischen Magnetismus.Marburg, Academischen Buchhandlung, 1787In-8° piccolo, mm. 170x100; Legatura in carta marmorizzata coeva; pp. 96. Lieve omogenea brunitura.Prima edizione. L’autore espone in forma epistolare, indirizzandosi a Ernst Gottfried Baldinger, le teorie del magnetismo animale dal punto di vista della loro efficacia terapeutica. Crabtree: “Birnstiel was a well-known professor of medicine at Marburg; Baldinger was a physician. This collection of letters is one of the earliest German works that critically examines the nature of animal magnetism.”

Small 8vo, mm. 170x100; Contemporary binding in boards; pp. 96. slight uniform browning.
First edition. The author exposes, in an epistle, to Ernst Gottfried Baldinger, the theories of animal magnetism from the point of view of their therapeutic efficacy. Crabtree: “Birnstiel was a well-known professor of medicine at Marburg; Baldinger was a physician. This collection of letters is one of the earliest German works that critically examines the nature of animal magnetism.”