Lot 666
B. Stern, Medizin, Aberglaube und Geschlechtsleben in der Türkei. 6 parts in 2 volumes. Berlin 1903. – Copy 12/20 of the collector’s edition.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
666
Category:
History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Artist:
Bernhard Stern
Stern, Bernhard: Medizin, Aberglaube und Geschlechtsleben in der Türkei. Mit Berücksichtigung der moslemischen Nachbarländer und der ehemaligen Vasallenstaaten. Eigene Ermittlungen und gesammelte Berichte. 2 Vol. Berlin: Barsdorf 1903. 28,6 x 22,3 cm. 3 sheets, 437 pages; 2 sheets, 417 pages. Half-leather with a gold-embossed label on the spine.
(Scuffed and bumped, with isolated signs of scuffing; slightly browned due to the nature of the paper.)
No. 12 of 20 copies of the collector’s edition, printed on wide-margin laid paper with a watermark. - Hayn-Got. VII, 724 ff. - Contains articles on topics such as quackery and superstition in medicine, healing springs and spas, pharmacy and cosmetics, hospitals, asylums, love and marriage in Islam, wedding customs in Turkey, adultery, punishments and much more.
(Scuffed and bumped, with isolated signs of scuffing; slightly browned due to the nature of the paper.)
No. 12 of 20 copies of the collector’s edition, printed on wide-margin laid paper with a watermark. - Hayn-Got. VII, 724 ff. - Contains articles on topics such as quackery and superstition in medicine, healing springs and spas, pharmacy and cosmetics, hospitals, asylums, love and marriage in Islam, wedding customs in Turkey, adultery, punishments and much more.