L'onanisme. Dissertation sur les maladies produites par la masturbation. Sixième édition.

8vo: xiv-[2]-246-[2] pp.

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. flat spine, red edges (corners rubbed, joints starting to split, head and tail def.). Good inside copy.

Sixth ed. of this bestseller (first Latin ed. 1758, "Dissertatio de febribus biliosis. Accedit Tentamen de morbis ex manustupratione"), by the Swiss physician Tissot (1728-1797).
Ref. STCN. - Cp. Blake 453, Caillet 10710, Wellcome V:278.
Prov. "Chalette" (ms. entry on title).
Bound with: Id. - Essai sur les maladies des gens du monde. Troisième édition, augmentée. Paris, P.F. Didot le jeune, 1772. xvi-222-[2] pp. Third augmented ed. (first 1770) of this lesser known work by Tissot. Containing some pathologies and general remedies. He believes that the main fault of nobles and courtiers is not the lack of care since they are "presque toujours à portée des secours [...] les plus éclairés", but rather their tendency not to take care of themselves. Because these people "ne veulent pas déranger la façon de vivre qui les tue". The subject was however original at the time since we had already dealt with the health of the poor, princes, soldiers but not yet "people of the world". Ref. Cp. Blake 452, Caillet 10708, Wellcome V:276, STCN, BnF.