The New Art Of Memory : Founded Upon The Principles Taught By M. Gregor Von Feinaigle, And Applied To Chronology, History, Geography, Languages, Systematic Tables, Poetry, Prose, And Arithmetic : To Which Are Added Some Account Of The Principal Systems Of Artificial Memory, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time, And Instances Of The Extraordinary Powers Of Natural Memory. Second Edition, With Numerous Corrections And Additions. by Von Feinaigle, M. Gregor [Ownership Stamp Of Bernard Zufall] - 1813

London: Sherwood, Neely, And Jones, 1813. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Poor. Frontispiece, 3 Plates [Lacking 2 Of 5]. Xvi, 451 Pp, Frontispiece Portrait And Three Of Five Large Folding Plates. 1 Cm. Second Edition (Stated), One Year After First.Very Worn Boards, Covered In Glossy Paper, Spine Worn Away, Prelims And Pages Thru P 58 Loose, Complete Except Missing Plates Ii And Iii Which Are Pp. 53/54. No Stains Or Foxing Or Marks Gregor Von Feinaigle (1760-1819), Was A German Mnemonist And Roman Catholic Monk. He Entered The Cistercian Monastery At Salem Located Along Lake Constance. Obligated To Flee The Monastery With The Other Monks Due To The Napoleonic Invasions, He Became An Itinerant Professor In Karlsruhe, Paris, London, Glasgow And Dublin. Feinaigle Visited Paris In 1806, And Delivered Public Lectures On Local And Symbolical Memory, Which He Described As A 'New System Of Mnemonics And Methodics.' He Was Accompanied By A Young Man Who Acted As Interpreter. Count Metternich, The Austrian Ambassador, And His Secretaries Followed The Whole Course Of Lectures, And Spoke In Highly Laudatory Terms Of The System, Which, Though Novel In Its Applications, Was Founded On The Topical Memory Of The Ancients, As Described By Cicero And Quinctilian. Feinaigle Was Exposed To Much Criticism And Sarcasm In The Press, And Was Ridiculed On The Stage By Dieulafoy In A Farce Called 'Les Filles De Mémoire, Ou Le Mnémoniste.' By Way Of Reply He Gave On 27 February 1807 A Public Exhibition To An Audience Of About Two Thousand Persons. He Did Not Himself Appear, But Was Represented By Twelve Or Fifteen Of His Pupils, Who Gave Illustrations Of His Art. Afterwards He Went On A Lecturing Tour Through Various Parts Of France. Early In 1811, He Came To England And Delivered Lectures At The Royal Institution And The Surrey Institution In London; And At Liverpool, Edinburgh, And Glasgow. The Fee For Attending A Course Of Fifteen Or Sixteen Of His Lectures Was 5L. 5S., And This Sum Was Paid By Crowds Of Pupils, For Feinaigle Made A Mystery Of The Details Of His Method, And Was In Consequence Denounced In Some Quarters As An Impostor. He Gained, However, Many Devoted Adherents. The Rev. Peter Baines, Afterwards Bishop Of Siga, Introduced His System Of Mnemonics And Also His General Plan Of Education Into The Benedictine College Of Ampleforth, Yorkshire, And A Society Of Gentlemen Founded A School Near Mountjoy Square, Dublin, Which Was Placed Under Feinaigle's Personal Superintendence And Conducted On His Principles. He Died In Dublin On 27 December 1819. Gregor Von Feinaigle Is Credited By Some As Being The Inspiration For The Word "Finagle". With Stamp On Copyright Page, "Duplicate / Ex Libris Bernard Zufall"; Bernard Zufall (1894-1971) Was A Magician, Author And A Memory Expert. Billed As The "Human Encyclopedia", Zufall Was A Master Of Mnemonics, The Ability To Remember Huge And Specific Pieces Of Information Through The Technique Of Association. During His Lifetime, Zufall Collected The Largest Library Of Books On Mnemonics, Some 1,000-Plus Titles. The Collection Was Gifted To Yale University. In 1940, He Published A Six-Volume Series Of Books Of Magic Effects Based On Mnemonics, Called Zufall's Memory Trix. Each Volume Dealt With A Different Area, And Included Magazine Memorizing, Mental File Indexing, Calendar Memorizing, Memorizing A Deck Of Cards, Numbers Memorizing, And Memorizing Facts And Figures.