La Generation De L'Homme; Ou Tableau De L'Amour Conjugal Considere Dans L'Etat Du Mariage. Nouvelle Edition. Tome Premiere.
by Venette, Nicolas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
A Londres. Good with no dust jacket. 1751. Leather. Xxi, [v], 472 pp. 5 folding engraved plates. 12mo. No publisher given. Claims to be printed "a Londres" but probably not. Full diced calf of the time . Corners rubbed, joints cracking, spine tips rubbed, spine labels missing, decorative gilt in the compartments is faded. Interior marbled end papers with old small book plate, some foxing and minor spotting throughout but overall clean and sturdy. An early work on human sexuality with explicit and quite accurate plates showing male and female genitalia and plumbing, along with a fetus in the womb. Vol. I only. Entirely in French. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 472 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10485
- Title
- La Generation De L'Homme; Ou Tableau De L'Amour Conjugal Considere Dans L'Etat Du Mariage. Nouvelle Edition. Tome Premiere.
- Author
- Venette, Nicolas
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- A Londres
- Date Published
- 1751
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine; Illustrated Books;
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Leaf and Stone Books
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Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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