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Amsterdam,: Gebr. Graauw,, (nd. ca. 19. 62, [2] pp. Small 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With 27 illustrations. The publishing house of Graauw Bros. is one of the most curious Amsterdam publishers of the period. With their progresive mind and alternative views, they, as no other publishers, promoted the ideas of "modern" sexual hygiene and reformation among the labour and middle class people. This guide on contraceptives was one of their most popualr publications. Pp. 2-4 of the cover gives a list of their publications. -- Fine copy.

(Haarlem),: Provinciaal Blad,, 1821).. 20 pp. 8vo (12,5 x 21,5 cm.). Late 19th century marbled wrappers.

Rotterdam,: W.L. & J. Brusse,, 1907.. 50, [ii, publisher's advertisement] pp. 8vo (16,5 x 25 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut. With publisher's device on title. ¶ Printed in 425 copies only. A somewhat expanded version of a lecture addressed to the 3rd assembly of the Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres (Leiden, April 1907). Rare. A fine copy.

Paris,: Germer-Bailliere,, 1875.. 280 pp. Small 8vo. (12 x 17.5 cm.). Contemporary half cloth, spine gilt lettered, gilt rullers (discoloured). ¶ Rare. A good copy of an interesting medico-socio survey. Including i.a. a chapter on the hospitals and treatment of the insane, prisons, military medical service and balneological stations.

(Haarlem),, (1821),. 76 pp. 8vo (14,5 x 23 cm.). Modern blind wrappers, uncut. ¶ Price essay, crowned with gold. Separate from Verhandelingen uitgegeven door de Hollandse Maatschappij der Weetenschappen, 1821.

Leiden,: A. & J. Honkoop,, 1804.. 2 works in one: (25); (17) pp. 8vo (13,5 x 22 cm.). Modern blind blue wrappers and end-papers, uncut. ¶ Two early papers (translated from the German) in favour of cowpox inoculation. (Separates from: Verhandelingen en Waarneemingen t.b.d. Genees- Heel- Verlos- en Scheikunde, Uitgegeven door H.A. Bake, R. de Kruyff, en J. Logger; volume II, 1804; pp. (165)-208).