New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1827. First edition in English, an ex-library copy. 8vo, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, [2], viii, 219 pages. 5 lithograph plates by Imbert. On a novel surgical means of removing strictures of the urethra, Ducamp outlines his process and includes case studies involving dilators... More

Venezia: Antonio Graziosi, 1774. Third Italian edition. 8vo, contemporary vellum spine, sprinkled boards, [2], 164 pages. A nice early Italian edition of this critical work in the pathologization of masturbation. Perhaps an obversation might be made on the spread of a fundamentally Protestant approach to the idea of a “solitary... More

Rochester, Mass., September 15, 1732. Single leaf, approx. 12.25 x 7.5 inches, 2 pp. John Clap conveys to Benjamin Clap a tract of upland swamp and salt meadow "known by the name of The Great Neck being the homestead where the sd. Benjamin Clap now liveth." Details of buildings, boundaries... More