[Rarebooks] FS: Ben Franklin chairs a French science report on animal magnetism. Paris: 1784

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(SCIENCE) RAPPORT DES COMMISSAIRES CHARGES PAR LE ROI, DEL'EXAMEN DU MAGNETISME ANIMAL, Imprime par Ordre du Roi. Sur la Copie Imprimee au Louvre. Paris: Chez Montard. 1784. 8vo. (2),80pp. 19th century calf and marbled paper boards.    $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
This is the first printing of this report after the official edition printed at the French King's private press in the Louvre. The investigative committee was made up of leading members of the Academy of Sciences. Benjamin Franklin was the chairman. The astronomer, J. S. Bailly, was a member and edited the Report. Also included were A. L. Lavoisier and J. B. Leroy.

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