[Rarebooks] fs: Burn Some More!! 1800 book on Spontaneous Human Combustion

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

I seem to have developed a theme... with the cyber-line already smoking 
from our last offering, we will add more fuel to the fire and perhaps 
ignite a spark of desire in some red-hot bibliophile...

Lair, Pierre-Aime. ESSAI SUR LES COMBUSTIONS HUMAINES, produits par un long 
abus des liqueurs spiritueuses.

Paris; Chez Gabon: 1800.

An early discussion of Spontaneous Human Combustion, citing various cases 
such as that of the Countess Bandi. Lair appears to have drawn much of his 
material from period journals such as the Annual Register and the Memoirs 
of the Royal Society; he also quotes from Le Cat. He supports the 
then-prevalent view that the phenomena was linked to excessive, prolonged 
alcohol abuse. There was another edition in 1823. OCLC locates 14 listings 
for this edition. Softcover. 4.5"x7", 100 pages, bound in newer plain paper 
covers; a nice, clean, wide-margined copy. [03574] $1,200.00


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