Tardieu André

1898 · ref. 78985 — 1898. Rome: Fratelli Capaccini Editori 1898. Rome: Fratelli Capaccini Editori 1898. Two Nineteenth-Century Studies of Sexuality Owned by an Italian Pioneer in Child and Experimental Psychology Tardieu Auguste Ambroise 1818-1879. Delitti di Libidine: Oltraggi Pubblici al Pudore Stupri ed Attentati al Pudore Pederastia e Sodomia. Studio Medico-Legale con 136 Osservazioni. Rome: Fratelli Capaccini Editori 1898. ii 31 1 377 1 5 pp. Main text followed by 5 pp. publisher catalogue. Bound with Tardif Etienne. Gli Odori ed i Profumi: Loro Influenza sul Senso Genesico. Rome: F.lli Capaccini Editori 1900. ii 127 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/4"; 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Contemporary three-quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt fillets and title to spine. Negligible light rubbing to boards light fading to spine which has a paper shelf label to its foot moderate rubbing to spine ends and board edges corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior a few cracks to text block some leaves loosening slightly but secure title page and following leaf of first work mended at gutter ink library stamps of Professor Sante De Sanctis to a few leaves. $750. Only Italian editions. First published in 1857 as Etude Medico-Legale sur les Attentats aux Moeurs Delitti de Libidine is a scientific and legal study of sexual crimes. It consists of three parts dealing with indecent exposure rape and homosexuality referred to as pederasty or sodomy. The latter part discusses the causes of homosexuality in brief but focuses on identifying "pederasts" and exploring their criminal tendencies. Tardieu's best known work it is considered to be an important cultural marker in the study of sexuality. Our copy includes extensive publisher advertisements listing related works in a "bibliography of sexual perversion." Gli Odori ed i Profumi published in French as Les Odeurs et Les Parfums 1899 is a study of the relationship between scent and sexual behavior. This volume was owned by Sante De Sanctis 1862-1935 an Italian professor of psychology and psychiatry. He was one of the founders of child and adolescent psychiatry in Italy and a pioneer in experimental psychology. Both works are scarce. OCLC locates 5 copies of Delitti di Libidine 1 in North America University of Chicago and 3 copies of Gli Odori i Profumi 1 in North America University of Michigan. unknown