Pierre Le Lorrain de Vallemont - La physique occulte, ou traité de la baguette divinatoire - 1762

Fascinating two-volume set of this esoteric and rationalist treatise from the 18th century.

The text presents itself as an attempt to reconcile popular beliefs with scholarly discourse: it describes the traditional uses of the wand, the experiences reported by various practitioners, and the physical or natural hypotheses proposed to explain its effects.

The first volume presents the theoretical foundations and historical accounts, emphasizing the curiosity this phenomenon sparks within scientific and philosophical circles, while the second volume develops practical applications, controversies, and criticisms, confronting testimonies with the demands of reason and experimentation.

Pierre Le Lorrain de Vallemont - The occult physics, or treatise of the divinatory wand - 1762 - Volume I and II - Adrien Moetjens
275 and 246 pages

Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown leather, showing signs of wear, corners, headbands, and spines rubbed, marbled edges, decorated spine with raised bands, gilded titles and volume numbers.

Good interior condition, attractive endpapers, works adorned with beautiful engravings outside the text including in the frontispiece, marbled endpapers, ex-libris.

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