RAFFALOVICH, Marc-André. Uranism and Unisexuality. Etude sur - Lot 459

RAFFALOVICH, Marc-André. Uranism and Unisexuality. Etude sur différentes manifestations de l'instinct sexuel. Published in Lyon and Paris by Storck and Masson in 1896. In quarto / In-4 format. Publisher's olive percale 363 pages. Some traces of wear on the binding. First edition of this major work on male homosexuality by poet and patron Marc-André Raffalovich (1864-1934), known for his scientific publications at the forefront of the recognition of homosexuality. Raffalovich had a long romantic relationship with the English poet John Gray (1866-1934), a close friend of Oscar Wilde and the main inspiration for the Portrait of Dorian Gray. The book is in a publisher's binding by "Descombes" in Lyon. A good copy.