Ueber die phantastischen Gesichterscheinungen. Eine physiologische Untersuchung mit einer physiologischen Urkunde des Aristotles ueber den Traum. Den Philosophen und Aerzten gewidmet... (From the library of Dr. Manfred S. Guttmacher, important forensic psychiatrist and author of many books, including An Interpretation of the Madness of King George III and The Mind of the Murderer, with Guttmacher's ownership signature.) .
Koblenz, Germany: Jacob Hoelscher, 1826. First edition. Half-Leather with marbled boards. Octavo, pp. 117. Very Good. Item #8874
Very nice copy of an important psychological study. In this, his second book, Mueller showed that the eye reacts not only to external stimuli but to internal stimuli caused by disease or by the imagination. In this way Mueller explained phenomena such as religious visions or the appearance of ghosts. Mueller wrote that 'in intercourse with the external world we continually sense ourselves.' Apparently, he was able to summon hallucinatory visions when he closed his eyes, and thus was able to base many insights on self-observation.
Price: $1,500.00