Early printing of the famed Rorschach test, complete with ten standardized inkblot cards, in its original cardboard portfolio.8vo (7” x 9.75”), 10 cards on heavy stock, 5 in b/w, 5 with color. Developed by Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922) the iconic albeit controversial psychoanalytic tool for assessing personality characteristics and emotional functioning was first published in 1921 by Verlag Hans Huber in Bern, Switzerland. The 1921 first edition—the subsequent 1948 second edition is clearly marked on the back of the cards—is usually found in a cardboard portfolio box with printed text in German and English, with the U.S. distributor, Grune & Stratton, Inc, printed on both the front of the box and the back of the cards, which also feature text in German and English. A copyright date of 1921 is included on the back of the cards. The present example has printed labels pasted onto the cover of the box, with text only in English, one with the title “Dr. Hermann Rorschach/PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS/Tables” and a distributor label with “Imported by Grune & Stratton, Inc/Medical Publishers/New York.” On the back of the cards, along with a Roman numeral, is a publisher statement solely in German: “Verlag Hans Huber, Bern/Rorschach: Pysochiagnostik”. I find it likely that the present set is among the earliest printed in Bern, before the cardboard portfolio boxes were printed, before the distribution network was firmed up, and possibly before the copyright itself was technically secured. The lack of English text on the back of the cards, along with the pasted-down importer label on the front of the box, suggests an intention from the outset to disseminate the test in the United States, with the present set being among the first batch to be sent. The deep, uniform patina to the cards points to both an early printing date and to clinical usage. Moderate rubbing, soiling, and edge toning to the cards with bumping to the extremities. Rubbing, bumping, and tears to the cardboard portfolio with the edge flap missing and the front flap re-attached with tape. Previous owner’s names printed and written on the front cover. Notwithstanding, a handsome example of this important work in the history of psychoanalysis, suitable for collection or display.
Early printing of the famed Rorschach test, complete with ten standardized inkblot cards, in its original cardboard portfolio.8vo (7” x 9.75”), 10 cards on heavy stock, 5 in b/w, 5 with color. Developed by Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922) the iconic albeit controversial psychoanalytic tool for assessing personality characteristics and emotional functioning was first published in 1921 by Verlag Hans Huber in Bern, Switzerland. The 1921 first edition—the subsequent 1948 second edition is clearly marked on the back of the cards—is usually found in a cardboard portfolio box with printed text in German and English, with the U.S. distributor, Grune & Stratton, Inc, printed on both the front of the box and the back of the cards, which also feature text in German and English. A copyright date of 1921 is included on the back of the cards. The present example has printed labels pasted onto the cover of the box, with text only in English, one with the title “Dr. Hermann Rorschach/PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS/Tables” and a distributor label with “Imported by Grune & Stratton, Inc/Medical Publishers/New York.” On the back of the cards, along with a Roman numeral, is a publisher statement solely in German: “Verlag Hans Huber, Bern/Rorschach: Pysochiagnostik”. I find it likely that the present set is among the earliest printed in Bern, before the cardboard portfolio boxes were printed, before the distribution network was firmed up, and possibly before the copyright itself was technically secured. The lack of English text on the back of the cards, along with the pasted-down importer label on the front of the box, suggests an intention from the outset to disseminate the test in the United States, with the present set being among the first batch to be sent. The deep, uniform patina to the cards points to both an early printing date and to clinical usage. Moderate rubbing, soiling, and edge toning to the cards with bumping to the extremities. Rubbing, bumping, and tears to the cardboard portfolio with the edge flap missing and the front flap re-attached with tape. Previous owner’s names printed and written on the front cover. Notwithstanding, a handsome example of this important work in the history of psychoanalysis, suitable for collection or display.
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