Venus Urania. Ueber die Natur der Liebe, über ihre Veredlung und Verschönerung

Ramdohr, Friedrich Wilhelm Basilius

Rare first edition of this late 18th-century German work on love.

Leipzig: Bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1798. 4 volumes (Part I: 351, [1] errata pp.; Part II: 421, [1] errata pp.; Part III, Section 1: 439, [2] errata pp.; Part III, Section 2: 358, [2] errata pp.). First three volumes with engraved frontispieces. VD18 11044497. First Edition/Erste Ausgabe. Original plain wrappers, manuscript spine labels, leaves carefully opened but untrimmed. Light to moderate wear to wrappers, spines sunned. Pages with occasional minor spotting, mostly to outer leaves and edges; bookplates. Remarkably clean copy of a rare title, in the original wrappers. Near Fine. Item #194

Price: $475.00