THE GENERATIVE ORGANS considered Anatomically, Physically and Philosophically. A Posthumous Work

SWEDENBORG, Emanuel, trans. James John Garth Wilkinson

Published by William Newbery for the Swedenborg Association, London, 1852

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xi+327+4 (bound in 11.5 x 19 cms. Swedenborg list)+4 (Swedenborg list, apparently no overlap with preceding and inc. French, Welch (sic) and Latin editions plus 'Dr Tafel's Editions' ), both lists by Newbery. Internally clean, tight & unmarked, prev.owner's small gilt label top front pastedown, top textblock edge remains a little dusty despite cleaning, covers clean bar a small orange paint fleck lower front which resists removal (see image), remarkably unworn, hard to know whether it is all slightly faded or not, blind-stamped borders and decorative central panel. Scarce in such good condition. Basically a survey of physiological knowledge of male and female 'generative organs' with relatively little explicit expoition of author's mystical doctrines, although hints of this in functional accounts of how physiology operates. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. Seller Inventory # 009349

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE GENERATIVE ORGANS considered ...

Publisher: William Newbery for the Swedenborg Association, London

Publication Date: 1852

Binding: Blind-stamped Black Cloth

Condition: VG-

Edition: 1st English.