VENETTE, NICOLAS.

De la generation de l'homme, ou Tableau de l'amour conjugal: divisé en quatre parties. Huitiéme Edition.

Cologne, Chez Claude Joly, 1702. Small8vo. In a bit later full calf binding witt four raised bands and black leather title-label and gilt ornamentation to spine. Previous owner's stamp to spine. Upper part of hindges detached making the spine partly detached. Internally a fine and clean copy. (48), 642, (30) pp. Missing the five plates.

Rare eights edition of Venette's important work, considered to be the first treatise on sexology in West. It proved to be a bestseller and was translated into English, Spanish, German and Dutch. There were 33 editions published until 1903.

Order-nr.: 56105