1898 Curious Bypaths of History being Medico-Historical Studies and Observations; Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customs of Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being a Record of Thirty Tears’ Experience in Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania

Description

Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Bound in the publisher's original dark cloth binding. 

A two-volume collection of works reflecting late nineteenth-century interests in medical history and anthropology, consisting of: 

Curious Bypaths of History: Being Medico-Historical Studies and Observations By Dr. Cabanès (1898). A fascinating collection of medico-historical essays by French physician and historian Auguste Cabanès (1862–1928), exploring the intersection of medicine, history, and scandal across European society.

Illustrated with a frontispiece by Daniel Vierge, engraved on copper by F. Massé, this is a limited edition, number 103 of 500 copies, printed on fine Van Gelder vellum paper.

Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customs of Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being a Record of Thirty Years’ Experience in Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania Volume II.

Second edition.

Volume II of two volumes only.

An ethnographic study written under pseudonym by a French military doctor, this work reflects the colonial and ethnocentric attitudes of its period. It offers a vivid yet controversial example of late nineteenth-century anthropological writing, presenting sensational, speculative, and frequently problematic observations on sexuality, ritual, and social behaviour in non-European societies.