L’Onanisme. Dissertation sur les Maladies produites par la Masturbation.
Lausanne: Marc Chapuis & Compagnie, 1774. 4th. Contemporary mottled calf with splitting joints but holding. Speckled edges with worn title on spine with equally worn gilding. Pages are crisp and clean with almost no toning. Written as a scientific text prior to the routine adoption of the scientific method, this was an influential work by Tissot on the risks and issues with masturbation which influenced contemporary and later authors and led to the concept that masturbation was itself bad for the health.
Pages: 232
Dimensions: 4 x 6¾ x ¾ . Very Good. Item #1774LOD-TIS-4-VG
Price: $300.00
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