Paris: Aux Frais de l’Auteur, 1857. Second edition under this title; the first appeared in 1840. 8vo, contemporary pebbled morocco gilt spine, green vellum tips, marbled boards, 259, [1] pages. Lithographic frontispiece portrait. On solving substitution ciphers, with tables of frequency for letters in different languages, lists of words of... More about La cryptographie devoilée; ou, Art de traduire ou de déchiffrer toutes les écritures en...

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 about L’onanismo, ovvero, Dissertazione sopra le malattie cagionate dalle polluzioni volontarie

New-England: Printed for the Publishers, 1821. 12mo, original sheep, red leather label, gilt lettering, 286 pages. Woodcut illus. (monstrosities, fetus in the womb) in the text. “Neither should these amorous engagements be too often reiterated, till the conception be confirmed; and even then the bridegroom should remember, that it is... More about The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher, in Four Parts. Containing I. His Complete...

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1757. Second edition. 8vo, original polished calf, red leather label, gilt lettering, [1-2], [i]-iii, [1], 233-234, [1]-232 pages. Frontispiece of a cat tormenting a mouse. “Must not this love of Tormenting therefore be cultivated and cherished? There are many tastes, as that of the olive... More about An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting; with Proper Rules for the Exercise of that...