The rationale of mesmerism
A Boston and New York book of 1892 by A. P. Sinnett on mesmerism and hypnosis, issued by Houghton, Mifflin and Co. for general readers of occult and medical subjects. Its one picture is a publisher's device printed from a woodcut-style block: a seated figure beneath a tree, a rising sun over water, and a banner reading 'Tout bien ou rien' above 'The Riverside Press'. A designer could take the compact framed emblem and its banner lettering as a model for a small printer's mark.
