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1880 reprint of Duval's Hermaphrodits 1/400

Title: Bookseller Photo Traité des hermaphrodits. Parties génitales, accouchemens des femmes, etc. Où sont expliquez la figure de laboureur & verger du genre humain, signes de pucelage, défloration, conception, & la belle industrie dont use Nature en la promotion du concept & plante prolifique
Author: Duval, Jacques
Description: xii, 423, [1] pp. 7¾x4¾, original printed wrappers bound in cloth. No. 211 of 400 copies.Nicely produced reprint of one of the most curious and sought-after works of the 17th century. The original edition was suppressed immediately after publication, its treatment of the peculiar topic of hermaphrodites ruffling the social and religious mores of the time. Duval referred to the mention of hermaphrodites in the texts of antiquity, and found in Adam the first example.
Heading: Place Published: Paris
Publisher: Isidore Liseux
Date Published: 1880