Psychopathia Sexualis, Mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung Der Contraren Sexualempfindung: Eine Medicinisch-Gerichtliche Studie Fur Arzte Und Juristen

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Stuttgart

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Verlag Von Ferdinand Enke

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1903

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Twelfth Edition.

24cm x 17cm. ix, [1], 437 pages. Blue cloth, white lettering, marbled edges. Text is in German.

The classic early sexual pathology text regarded as the bible of psychopathology. With it came the coining of the terms sadism and masochism and the view of homosexuality as a mental illness. From the collection of Dr. Gary Simes, book-plate pasted down, date written on rear paste-down.

Slightly cocked. Moderate shelf wear. Tanning. Previous owner’s name. English blurb for a different edition pasted to endpaper. Good Condition.