Magic and Mental Disorder: Sir Hans Sloane's Memoir of John Beaumont

by Hans Sloane

"Sir Hans Sloane's memoir of the Somerset virtuoso and occultist, John Beaumont (c.1640-1731), is here published and in full for the first time in annotated form and with an English translations. Sloane wrote it in French in 1740 and sent it to his French contact, the abbe Bignon, whose comments on it survive and are also reproduced here" -- publisher's info.

21 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011