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Rare Spanish Work on Circumcision, Pres Copy

Title: De la Circuncision
Author: Rubio y Gali, Frederico
Description: 45 pp. 5x8¼, original cloth, beveled edges, gilt title on spine.Presentation copy, signed by the author on title page. Rare work on the moral and health benefits of circumcision by one of Spain's greatest surgeons who was also Spanish ambassador in London in the 1870s (thus the unusual imprint of the present book). Includes sections on Jewish practices, sexual hygiene and other issues.
Heading: (zzk)Place Published: London
Publisher: Imprenta de Clayton y Ca
Date Published: 1879

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