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Instructions Ethnographiques, Projet de Questionnaire Concernant les Caracteres Ethniques
Instructions Ethnographiques, Projet de Questionnaire Concernant les Caracteres Ethniques du Systeme Reproducteur. An investigation of the reproductive system of Hottentot [South African] bush-men. With 17 plates, 15 are cyanotypes, many depicting close-ups of sexual organs. Tall 8vo, 1/2 blue morocco, edgewear; original covers laid in. Paris, 1872
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Notes: A unique anthropological volume at the nexus of exotica and erotica, with close-ups of human genitalia and cutaways of internal organs. The first photograph is a diptych of an Asian woman and her privates followed by another diptych of an African man and his. (Note: The title page indicates 19 plates but there are 17 plates containing a total of 19 images.)
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