Love Recipes Old and New: A Study of Aphrodisiacs Throughout the Ages, with sections on Suitable Food, Glandular Extracts, Hormone Stimulation and Rejuvenation
London: Torchstream Books, (1956). Limited edition. Black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 267 pages, [i] ad. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Shallow bumps to fore corners of upper board. Jacket has a few short, closed edge tears, some faint toning to spine and toward top edge of front panel, and some minor rubs to some edges. Bound in red cloth over boards with integral silk ribbon bookmark, patterned endpapers, pink topstain.
Part One traces the history of aphrodisiacs from ancient Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures, through India and China, to Europe from the Middle Ages to 1800. Part Two discusses particular foods, diets, and the cookery of love. Includes some recipes.
Limited edition of 1,375 copies of which this is #443. Limitation page further states: "The sale of this book is restricted to members of the Medical and Legal Professions, Scientists, Psychologists, Sociologists, Ethnologists and Anthropologists."
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