LAURENT, Emile. L'Amour Morbide. Etude de Psychologie Pathol - Lot 373

LAURENT, Emile. L'Amour Morbide. Etude de Psychologie Pathologique, published in Paris by the Société d'Editions Scientifiques in 1891. 1 volume, large format, In-12, half red calf, spine gilt. Spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons. X+286 pages. Edges and corners rubbed, pages a little browned, otherwise good condition and attractive spine. First edition. In this interesting work of psychology, if not psychiatry, the author studies sexual obsessions and the aberrations caused by feelings of love, or rather natural passions. He deals, for example, with fetishism, azoophilic love (addressed to inert objects), excessive jealousy or, quite simply, individuals who live solely for this need.