Marc Antoine PETIT
Onan, ou le tombeau du Mont Cindre
de l'imprimerie de J. B. Kindelem.|à Lyon 1809|22 x 14 cm|broché
First edition in original blue wrappers, covers unlettered, first cover detached.
Dr. Petit, chief surgeon at Lyon hospital, composed this poetry intended as a metaphor for the dangers of onanism. The work begins with praise for Tissot, author of works on onanism. The poem, awarded by the floral games of Toulouse, is followed by commentary and a dissertation on the scourge of masturbation. According to examples provided by the greatest physicians, one risks no less than death, and at best, like the poem's hero, melancholy, apathy, and weakness of the entire body. Onanism is presented as the primary cause of ailments afflicting youth, their fundamental cause, whether the effects be consumption, cataracts, or nervous diseases.
Loss of paper over most of the spine surface, first cover detached, corners turned, some foxing.
Dr. Petit, chief surgeon at Lyon hospital, composed this poetry intended as a metaphor for the dangers of onanism. The work begins with praise for Tissot, author of works on onanism. The poem, awarded by the floral games of Toulouse, is followed by commentary and a dissertation on the scourge of masturbation. According to examples provided by the greatest physicians, one risks no less than death, and at best, like the poem's hero, melancholy, apathy, and weakness of the entire body. Onanism is presented as the primary cause of ailments afflicting youth, their fundamental cause, whether the effects be consumption, cataracts, or nervous diseases.
Loss of paper over most of the spine surface, first cover detached, corners turned, some foxing.
€250