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Small hand held size hard back of The Works of Aristotle. No marks or notes, quite tatty but whole. B&W plates.

Chambers & Co., NULL. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Small 4to. Bound in red leather. Front cover and backstrip detached from book, backcover still attached but in poor condition. Heavy staining and shelf wear on cover. Loose pages possible missing title pages. Some stianing but no major markings. No libary stickers inside. Bumped Corners. No clear date. Pattern on covers and spine. Two worn stamps on back. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

J Smith no date c. 1900 . 32mo, 352 pages, red cloth with black decoration to front + rear boards, black & gold decoration to spine. Dulling to boards + spine with small split to spine, splitting to front hinge o/w VG 180 gms.

Moritz & Chambers, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This copy is in good condition. No publication date stated. Rubbing to the spine and occasional foxing present. Otherwise a good copy.

London: Clifton, Chambers & Co. 512pp hardback, red cloth black-decorated, gilt, illustrated with coloured plates, red edges, front hinge cracked else good. Having no connection with the Greek philosopher, this dubious medical work was published from the 17C to the 1950s, some toning and scattered sptting . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1890.

London: Camden Publishing Co. Undated c1880 Camden Publishing Co pocket hardback, decorated red cloth boards and page edges, small format 463 pages with some red colour plates; acceptable condition, quite worn boards and loose binding; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1880.

J Smith, High Holborn, 1850-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. No date, circa 1870-80. 16mo. 352p., frontis, 6 pl. Bound in publishers marron cloth. Gilt to spine faded. Page ends washed red. Pages tanned. Binding cracked and shot. Illustrations are colored in red. Victorian edition issued after the 1857 Obscene Publications Act, as the articles about sex are not printed. <br>Aristotle's Masterpiece, also known as The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher, is a sex manual and a midwifery book that was popular in England from the early modern period through to the early 20th century.

Printed for Miller, Law and Carter, 1111. Hardcover. Good. New edition. 310 pages. Fully bound brown leather with gilt. A small book. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself strongly scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.

London: Cocker, Harris, and Finn, nd. New and Improved Edition. Hardcover. Fair. vi, 141, [3], 156 p. 15 cm. Partly coloured frontispiece and some other b&w illustrations. Yellow hardcover. Spine deteriorated, hinges cracked, paper soiled. "Part First. His Complete Master-Piece, In Two Books. The first Book displays the Secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man and the second Book treats of the Maladies incident to Females, what proper Remedies for their Cure. To which is added, The Family Physician, Being Remedies for various Distempers incident to the Human Body. Part Second. His Experienced Midwife, In Two Books. Containing important information, absolutely necessary for Surgeons, Midwives, Nurses, and all child-bearing Women. Part Third. His Book of Problems, Containg Questions and Answers relative to the State of Man's Body. Part Fourt. His Last Legacy, Unfolding the Secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man.

(London: Printed for the Booksellers: no date) Decorated cloth, gilt on spine (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 7-80 and vii-viii, 9-352 (128 x 84 mm). The mild eccentricity of the numbering is the printer’s: the book is complete as issued. Illustrated including frontispiece (a naked young woman at the water’s side), extra pictorial title-page, and a section of ‘gynaecological’ plates. Spine moderately sunned; cloth lightly flecked; otherwise an about fine copy.

London:: Miller, Law, and Carter, [no date] c. 1820., 1820. Small 12mo. iv, [5]-10, 15-310, [2] pp. LACKS FRONTISPIECE ENGRAVING OF ARISTOTLE AND PP. 11-14; offsetting to title, a few signatures partly sprung, lacks ffep. Original full mottled calf; upper joint reinforced with kozo. As is. "A New and improved edition." Containing: His complete masterpiece; his experienced midwife; his book of problems; and his last legacy. / An early manual of sex, pregnancy, midwifery, and child-rearing. Much less technical than those intended for the physicians of the time, this pseudonymously written book was intended for common consumption. Location: Royal College of Surgeons of England.

London : Miller, Law and Cater Not Dated (c.1810) pp 318. Modern green marbled paper-covered boards with green leather spine, gilt. Two shallow scuff marks on spine. Age0related darkening and mild spotting to contents. A Very presentable copy.

J Smith, High Holborn, 1850. Hardcover. Good. No date, circa 1850-60. 16mo. 352p., frontis, 6 pl. Bound in publishers marron cloth. Ornate spine in silver gilt. Page ends washed red. Pages tanned. Gutter crack to p96. Illustrations are colored in red. Victorian edition issued most likely after the 1857 Obscene Publications Act, as the articles about sex are not printed. <br>Aristotle's Masterpiece, also known as The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher, is a sex manual and a midwifery book that was popular in England from the early modern period through to the early 20th century.

London. "Printed for the Booksellers", but no date or publisher listed. . Hardback.. Several plates printed in red and black, primarily showing babies in the womb. 24mo (13cm tall). Red binding with black decoration. Very Good, although pages are slightly delicate.

Walker, Davis, and Matthews, London, undated, c.1830,. 1830. Hardcover. hardback, 24mo, vi,317pp. 9 coloured plates and 9 woodcuts set in the text, pages browning throughout, internal binding shaken but holding, text-block loose within cloth-covered boards, heavily worn, spine and corners torn; Fair condition .

L. Rene, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Red patterned cloth. Occasional colour illustrative plates. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Nicks and tears to edges of pages 215-219. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Rear board is almost detached from netting at hinge.

Derby: Thomas Richardson. (1840). Duodecimo, full leather boards with gilt title and gilt rules to spine. , b&w engraved frontis plate, light stain to lower engraved half-title, illustrated with b&w woodcuts, pp iv, 314. N.d. (1840). Some rubbing to corners, lightly rubbed to edges. Very good condition. A controversial medical work : a sex manual, obstetrics and midwifery book, first published in 1684 and banned in Britain until the 1960s. Boards.

The Booksellers. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier tanning to the spine. Staining to the margins of the last blank and rear pastedown. Pages deeply tanned by age. . Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 7½” x 4¾” (0.6 kg); 270pp; New and improved edition with coloured plates, dust wrapper carrying the claim “<i>Special 5/- Edition</i>”. || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #175476|| Condition:

1800. London, Miller, Law, and Cater, n.date, (Ca.1800). Small 8vo. Contemp. full calf., spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Hinges weakening, corners bumped. A bit of leather lacks on backcover. IV,317,(1) pp., 8 textillustrations in woodcut. A few brownspots. A very popular work containing medical extracts from various writings, first published in 1690 and published in more than 40 editions onwards. (Wellcome II, p. 56, listing many editions, but not this one.

London: L. Rene, 1898. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. This undated edition was published by L. Rene in London, probably in the late 1890s. "Complete Edition, with engravings." - title page. Colour plates. A fascinating nostalgic presentation of the birds and the bees, and the development of the child from conception to birth, and beyond. "Erection is chiefly caused by scuraum, eringoes, cresses, crysmon, parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to powder and drank in muscadel, scallion, sea sheel fish, etc... The act of coition being over, let the woman repose herself on her right side, with her head lying low..." - p.10. Hinges open. Some plates loose but present. Above-average but not excessive wear. Tiny binder's tag inside back board, otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy..