[Rarebooks] fs: But, I thought you were... DEAD!!!

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Cajola, Germano.  "ISTRUZIONE SULLA MORTE-APPARENTE"

Mantua; Dalla Tipografia di Francesco Agazzi: 1809.

"Sul mezzo piu sicuro di impedire la tumulazione dei vivi". A fascinating 
and rare guide to recognizing "false-death". The myth of false death, and 
the allied fear of being buried alive, grew rapidly in the 18th and 
especially the 19th century amidst a general misunderstanding of the 
processes the corpse undergoes after burial. These misunderstandings of 
such natural occurrences as corpse movement, preservation of tissues, and 
bloating and "reddening" (which also gave rise to the vampire legends) were 
combined in this period with a greater ability to recognize the few cases 
where "false-death" did actually occur. This study includes several case 
histories.

Rare- no copies are listed on OCLC.

Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5", 112 pages. Bound in old paper-covered boards with a 
parchment spine. Spine head and base worn and chipped, general cover 
rubbing and a little soil; contents with some spotting to the title page, 
but overall a very nice copy. [01055] $750.00


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