Lermina (Jules) - L’Élixir de vie. Conte magique - 1890
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Jules Lermina’s L’Élixir de vie. Conte magique, Paris, Georges Carré, 1890, first edition, a 54‑page softbound French pamphlet.
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Lermina (Jules)
L'Élixir de vie. Conte magique
Paris, Georges Carré, 1890.
Pamphlet in octavo, bound with orange printed wrappers, 54 pages.
Original edition in bookstores, very scarce, of this fantastical tale devoted to the artificial prolongation of life. The text pits positivist medicine, magnetism, and spiritualist traditions against one another. It belongs to the fin-de-siècle courant of scientific marvel and occultism. The publisher Georges Carré was then publishing several esoteric authors, notably Stanislas de Guaita, Papus, and Doctor Gérard Encausse, announced on the back cover.
The work appears to have previously been published in periodical form or in a collection — the text is sometimes dated 1887 — but this 1890 pamphlet presumably constitutes its first separate edition. The international bibliography of science fiction does indeed list this 1890 edition.
Complete copy of 54 pages, preserved under its original wrappers. Binding very fragile; old price sticker affixed to the first cover. Interior nevertheless in decent condition, with some foxing and several sheets still uncut. To be handled with care.
A true bibliographic rarity, sought after by collectors of fantastic literature, scientific marvel, alchemy, and fin-de-siècle occultism.
Lermina (Jules)
L'Élixir de vie. Conte magique
Paris, Georges Carré, 1890.
Pamphlet in octavo, bound with orange printed wrappers, 54 pages.
Original edition in bookstores, very scarce, of this fantastical tale devoted to the artificial prolongation of life. The text pits positivist medicine, magnetism, and spiritualist traditions against one another. It belongs to the fin-de-siècle courant of scientific marvel and occultism. The publisher Georges Carré was then publishing several esoteric authors, notably Stanislas de Guaita, Papus, and Doctor Gérard Encausse, announced on the back cover.
The work appears to have previously been published in periodical form or in a collection — the text is sometimes dated 1887 — but this 1890 pamphlet presumably constitutes its first separate edition. The international bibliography of science fiction does indeed list this 1890 edition.
Complete copy of 54 pages, preserved under its original wrappers. Binding very fragile; old price sticker affixed to the first cover. Interior nevertheless in decent condition, with some foxing and several sheets still uncut. To be handled with care.
A true bibliographic rarity, sought after by collectors of fantastic literature, scientific marvel, alchemy, and fin-de-siècle occultism.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Esotericism, Science fiction and fantasy
Book title
L’Élixir de vie. Conte magique
Author/ Illustrator
Lermina (Jules)
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1890
Edition
1st Edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Georges Carré
Binding/ Material
Softback
Number of pages
54
