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Freud Sigmund 1856 - 1939 Sigmund Freud signed and dedicated book with a scarce association, to fellow psychoanalyst Oskar Pfister
Sigmund Freud signed first offprint edition of his autobiography, "Die Medizin Der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen" (The medicine of the present - in self representations) inscribed to fellow psychoanalyst Oskar Pfister. Published by Felix Meiner, 1925, Germany. First offprint edition in green wraps, 6.25" x 9". Marked ''Nicht im Handel'' (''not for sale'') and ''Sonderdruck'' (''offprint''). Signed, inscribed, and dated on the front wraps by Sigmund Freud to Pfister,"Seimen lieben/O. Pfister/Freud/12.2.25" (translated as To his dear friend) A second inscription from Oskar Pfister to Professor R. Brandt located on the fly leaf "Seimen lieben Freunde/Prof. R. Brandt/In herzlicher Gesinnung" (translated as To his dear friend - with warm sentiments). The book is protected in a custom clamshell case, with the front wrap design repeating on the front of the clamshell, and leather quarter cloth with raised bands on the spine, with a touch of slight rubbing to the front. The book is neatly nestled in the tray case and well protected.
A rare signed and dedicated book by Sigmund Freud with fantastic associations. Sigmund Freud signed the book to Oskar Pfister, who in turn gifted the book 30 years later with a warm inscription to Professor R. Brant. Pfister and Freud both studied psychoanalysis, although Freud did so in a professional capacity, Pfister was more of a "lay" psychoanalyst. As an early associate of Freud, Pfister studied theology, philosophy and psychoanalysis with extensive interest in Freud's concepts of the Oedipus Complex, castration anxiety and Transference (Transference is a phenomenon characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another. One definition of transference is "the inappropriate repetition in the present of a relationship that was important in a person's childhood). Pfister and Freud shared numerous letters on these subjects which spanned over 30 years until Freud's death in 1939. In turn, Professor Brandt was a dear friend of Pfister's, who also actively researched, analyzed and questioned Freud's theories during the mid 1950's while writing his thesis as a Doctor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Brandt was highly analytical having both studied and extensively critiqued Freud for many years noting that "Perhaps in no other field except religion has there been so much disagreement among such competent thinkers as there is in psychoanalysis". And therein lies the common thread and perpetual philosophical debate between the three individuals which spanned over many decades.
A fine condition book, with an extremely scarce signature by Sigmund Freud, with several wonderful and unique associations.
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