Physiologie des amoureux

by Etienne de Neufville

$450 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: 1841. 16mo. 128 pp. FIRST EDITION. Wood engravings throughout. Later blue cloth. Minor foxing, but otherwise a good copy. Item #20113 First edition, a facetious allegorical typology of lovers. In the first part, the author attempts to define love and differentiate between people who are in love and those who are not. He describes the traits of love at different ages, and codifies six temperaments indicative of

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