< Back

Krafft-Ebing, Richard von; LoPiccolo, Joseph (trans.).
Psychopathia Sexualis with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual Instinct A Medico-Forensic Study.
Publisher: Stein and Day, New York;
Date of Publication: 1965
Stock Code: 15094
First LoPiccolo translation, from the twelfth German edition of 1903 (the last edition to be edited by Krafft-Ebing), comprising the first standard edition in English. Octavo, pp., xvii, 434. Publisher’s original red cloth, in the original unclipped dust-jacket. Former bookseller’s stamp to front paste-down. Shelf wear to jacket with short tears to head of joints and lower panel, damp-staining to jacket verso. Some discolouration to the cloth. Very light spotting to edges but internally clean. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. A well-used but perfectly serviceable copy. Psychopathia Sexualis is the foundational work of sexology. The first German edition of 1886 coined the term ‘sadomasochism’, and introduced the term ‘bisexual’ to the study of the human animal. The book was first issued with 45 case studies of ‘sexual deviancy’, which included some of the earliest systematic studies of homosexuality. Starting in 1886 with 45 case-studies, Krafft-Ebing expanded the content of the book over time, and while the first English translation of 1892 included the author’s earlier studies, the final edition edited by Krafft-Ebing of 1903 had ballooned to 238 case-studies. This is therefore the first edition in English to include every study from the complete 1903 edition, and is the standard English text. £45.00