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The natural philosophy of love / by Remy de Gourmont ; translated with a postscript by Ezra Pound.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 P8652 922n 1926
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gourmont, Remy de, 1858-1915.
- Standardized Title:
- Physique de l'amour. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Reproduction.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, x, 182 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- [First English edition].
- Manufacture:
- Plymouth : Printed in Great Britain by William Brendon and Son, Ltd.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Casanova Society, 1926.
- Language Note:
- Translation of Physique de l'amour.
- Contents:
- The subject of an idea
- The aim of life
- Scale of sexes
- Sexual dimorphism I
- Sexual dimorphism II
- Sexual dimorphism III
- Sexual dimorphism and feminism
- Love-organs
- The mechanism of love I
- The mechanism of love II
- The mechanism of love III
- The mechanism of love IV
- The mechanism of love V
- The mechanism of love VI
- The sexual parade
- Polygamy
- Love among social animals
- The question of aberrations
- Instinct
- Tyranny of the nervous system
- Translator's postscript.
- Notes:
- "This edition limited to 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper watermarked 'Antique de Luxe' of which 1,430 are for sale in England and the United States."
- With half-title.
- Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt on spine with London at foot. Gray paper boards.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-[183]).
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is no. 345.
- Cited in:
- Gallup, D. Pound, A22b
- OCLC:
- 1561625
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