Allan Kardec - Le livre des médiums - 1865

ALLAN KARDEC – THE BOOK OF MEDIUMS – 1865 – EDITION PUBLISHED DURING THE AUTHOR'S LIFETIME
Rare ninth edition (revised and corrected) of The Book of Mediums, published in Paris by Didier & Cie in 1865, during Allan Kardec's lifetime.
Fundamental work of experimental Spiritism, following The Spirits’ Book, outlining the theory of spirit manifestations, the development of mediumship, and the practical rules of experimentation.
Period half-leather binding, spine with raised bands richly ornamented with gilded panels. Title stamped in gold. Boards in brown percaline. Marbled endpapers.
Interior complete.
Ocurrences of foxing in keeping with age.
Binding solid.
Very fine copy in an elegant and harmonious presentation.
Edition published during the author's lifetime, sought after by collectors of Spiritism and the history of 19th-century occult sciences.
Format in octavo.
Paris, Didier et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1865.