ARISTOTLE'S COMPLEAT MASTER-PIECE IN THREE PARTS. DISPLAYING THE SECRETS OF NATURE IN THE GENERATION OF MAN. REGULARLY DIGESTED INTO CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS, RENDERING IT FAR MORE USEFUL AND EASY THAN ANY YET EXTANT. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A TREASURE OF HEALTH.
Aristotle [pseud.]:
N.p. [but probably London.] Printed and Sold by the Booksellers, 1758. 164pp. Frontis. plus folding plate and a few in text woodcuts. 16mo. Contemporary sheep. Leaves lightly tanned. Folding plate with tear along fold, but no loss. A remarkably fresh copy in original state. Just about fine. An unrecorded edition of this famous and mildly racy publication. As a result of its frank discussion of sexual matters, this work was considered pornographic at the time of publication, thus the absence of a printer's name or even place of publication. The book contains detailed descriptions of sexual intercourse, human sexual development, sexual organs, the exact meaning of virginity, sterility, pregnancy, childbirth, adultery, etc. The frontispiece plate, charmingly primitive, depicts a seated Aristotle with a nude woman standing beside him. There is also a folding woodcut plate detailing a child in the womb. This is almost ceretainly an English edition.
(Item ID: WRCAM26792) $500.00