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Volume 1

 File — Volume: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Anonymous treatise on natural history, referring among others to Buffon, Le Cat, Bruzen de La Martiniere, and to various periodicals such as Le Mercure de France. From a philosophical and medical perspective, the author considers the stages of physical and sexual development of men and women from childhood to death. Other themes, sometimes anecdotal, include: the education of children; the prejudices of men on virginity; circumcision and infibulation; the castration of eunuchs; varieties in the human species; criticism of the condition of enslaved Black people; the sense organs: and the position of humans within the context of the animal kingdom

Dates

  • Creation: 17--

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

In French.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Extent

From the Collection: .1 Linear Feet (1 volume (149 pages) :paper ;17 cm)

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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