Lutzelbourg Comte (3 results)

In-8 de (16), 136 pp. Broché, couverture muette postérieure. Première édition. Le comte de Lutzelbourg était un élève de Chastenet de Puységur. Il était syndic de la "Société harmonique des amis réunis de Strasbourg". Dureau, Notes bibliographiques pour servir à l'histoire du magnétisme animal p. 70. In-8 de (16), 136 pp. Broché, couverture muette postérieure. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. in 8°, de 3ff. 253pp. 1f., pl. basane blonde époque, dos lisse orné, encadrement d'un filet doré sur les plats avec fleurons d'angle, tr. rouge, lég. mouillure claire en marge des 1ers ff. sinon bel exemplaire. Mention de l'époque en tête "à la Société Harmonique de Strasbourg" dont c'est visiblement l'exemplaire. Très rare édition originale de ce recueil des séances magnétiques de la Société Harmonique des Amis Réunis de Strasbourg, dont les membres furent le Baron de Klinglin d'Esser, le Comte de Lützelboug, la Baronne de Reich de Platz née Boecklin, le Baron de Bock, Flachon de La Jomardière, le prof. Ehrmann, le curé de La Sablière, le Baron de Dampierre, Jaeger chirurgien, le Dr. Weiler etc. Lützelbourg a étudié avec Puységur, et fondé à Strasbourg la "Société harmonique des Amis Réunis de Strasbourg" société magnétique para-maçonnique à l'image de la "Société de l'Harmonie" créée par Mesmer lui-même. Wellcome Libr. (EPB/B/48896) collation identique - Crabtree 156 (ne mentionne que les Annales de la Soc. Harmoniques des Amis Réunis) "Lutzelbourg shows himself to be very interested in the magnetic subject's emotional state and how that affects the cure.". - cat. CCFR seulement 1ex. de l'édition originale de 1786 (Biblioth. Strasbourg) Une seconde édition augmentée d'un supplément a paru en 1787 (8 ex.).

Expanded Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's original waste paper wraps repurposed from a French edition of "The Affair of the Diamond Necklace" with the text still very recognizable despite having been overprinted with a truly spectacular shades of gray dazzle pattern reminiscent of a WW1 battleship. [xvi]; 136pp. Flaking and wear to spine panel, wear and creasing to corners and extremities, a closed tear to the spine side of the front wrap, lower left corner tip missing from the lower left rear wrap; strong and complete, internally clean, wide margins, all edges untrimmed; a very good copy of a fragile and scarce volume, with some necessary wear and soiling. Technically the second French translation of Von Lutzelbourg's important early Mesmerism record, although in this edition the work is considerably expanded and reworked from its orignial title "Extrait des Journeaux d'un Magnétiseur" (which in turn was expanded from "Cures Faite par M. Le Cte. de L**********." published in Strasbourg a few months earlier in 1786. Crabtree appears to roll these two titles together, at least in terms of importance rather than bibliographical detail, although this work [Crabtree 167] was apparently something he was unable to lay his hands on, as the entry is sparse and contains incorrect pagination etc., suggesting that the bibliographer recognized place and significance, while not being in a position to contribute detail. Von Lutzelbourg was a properly qualified observer and recorder of mesmeric developments, having developed an early interest in the phenomenon and having learned at the feet of none other than Puységur, and the influences of his variant techniques is clear in the work. Puységur had much more of an interest in how the process of magnetism was dependent upon or influenced by the emotional state and mood of the subject, rather than the rather more mainstream belief across most medicine at the time which was that if anything patients having emotions was deeply frowned upon and only got in the way. The Comte von Lutzelbourg was the secretary of a Strasbourg Masonic Lodge (Le Candeur), where Puységur took up a residency of sorts in 1784, asking on behalf of the lodge to be trained in mesmeric technique Von Lutzelbourg also became administraor for life of Puységur's "Harmonic Society of United Friends", and a number of ancillary projects that further illustrate the close relationship between Mesmerism and Freemasonry in the early years of its exploration. For example, five of the initial 30 members of the Harmonic Society were committed and high ranking Masons, although it's also only fair to note that the membership drew disproportionately from the upper class military structure of the period, with Puységur amd Von Lutzelbourg both being military officers at various points in their careers and with Le Candeur (and other Masonic spaces they had access to) frequently being military adjacent; the Masonic property they occupied in Strasbourg for example, was actually part of the military barracks.