TARDIEU, Ambroise. Étude médico-légale sur les attentats aux - Lot 584

TARDIEU, Ambroise. Étude médico-légale sur les attentats aux moeurs. Published in Paris by J.B. Baillière et fils in 1867. In octavo / In-8 format. Brown half-chagrin. Spine decorated with double cold-stamped fillets, gilt author and title. VIII-264 pages, 4 in-fine hors-texte plates, engraved by Oudet and Lebrun after Lackerbauer. Spine and headpieces rubbed with some loss. Some foxing. Fifth edition, illustrated with 4 engraved plates, of this forensic study, reprinted several times in the 19th century. It is the first study in France specifically devoted to indecent assaults. It reveals the progress made in forensic medicine, but it is also an investigation of morals, as the author sets out to demonstrate the subversive and degrading nature of homosexuality. Bookplate of Dr. Constantin Paul on title page. A pleasant copy, very well preserved inside.