History of Celibacy, A : From Athena to Elizabeth I, Leonardo da Vinci, Florence Nightingale, Ghandi, & Cher

by Abbott, Elizabeth

First Edition (stated)

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Book description: New York: Scribner, 2000. FIRST PRINTING of the First Scribner Edition (stated). A detailed history of the practice of abstinence, the author surveying various important personalities through the ages who were celibates, their religious and spiritual views and their personal philosophies, their times and surrounding societies and their specific sets of morals and values, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains notes, indexed, 493pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare.. ISBN: 0-684-84943-7. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sex, Sexuality, Abstinence, Celibacy, Biography, European History, Relationships, Values, Morals, Mores, Morality, Men, Women, Gender Issues.

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