Psychopatia Sexualis
Extremely important early work on sexual behavior: Psychopatia Sexualis Mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Conträren Sexualempfindung. Eine Klinisch-Forensische Studie By Richard von Krafft-Ebing (Sexual Psychopathy, with special reference to the antipathy sexual instinct; a medico-forensic study) – In the German language.
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Clinical study of human sexual behavior, this book popularized the terms sadism and masochism. This book was one of the first to study homosexuality and bisexuality in academia. It was written in an academic style to discourage lay readers—an extremely important piece of work as to the history of homosexuality in the Western world.
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Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1893.
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Pp.: [X] + 442. Size: 23,5 x 15,5 cm
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Binding: Original half-leather binding. Gilt-stamped spine cover, signs of wear on the panels and along the edges, spine joints and spine extremes damaged, endpapers stained, bumped edges
Condition: Ink inscriptions and tears on the flyleaf. The page is stained, the top of the title page is missing (1,8 x 13 cm) ink and pencil inscriptions throughout the text, minor signs of usage and aging, and marbled edges of the text block.
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