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Rare Historical Medical Book (1893): Psychopathia Sexualis by Dr. Richard von Krafft-Ebing — Original Eighth Edition in German - An exceptional museum-quality collector's item from the history of world science and psychiatry: an original, expanded and revised eighth edition (Achte, verbesserte und theilweise vermehrte Auflage) of the landmark work Psychopathia Sexualis by the renowned psychiatrist Dr. Richard von Krafft-Ebing (Dr. R. v. Krafft-Ebing), Professor of Psychiatry and Nervous Diseases at the University of Vienna. Printed in Stuttgart, Germany in 1893 by Verlag von Ferdinand Enke. The book is considered the undisputed masterpiece of modern sexology and forensic medicine, in which international psychological terms such as sadism and masochism were coined and defined for the first time. The text is written in the German language, incorporating classical legal and medical terminology in Latin. Bears an official rigid ink numbering in red ink (0029) on the opening leaves, attesting to its belonging to a restricted archive or elite medical library. Bears an original and decoratively designed ex-libris label (antique bookshop/library label) from Mariahilfer Platz in Vienna, Austria: ”Central-Antiquariat und Buchhandlung Wien”. On the inner front cover appears a handwritten paper label in an elegant hand with the author's name and the title of the book. 442 pages, period half-leather binding in a classic dark-brown marbled design (Marmoré). In generally fairly good condition: Binding: loss to part of the spine, abrasions mainly along the edges; the paper is crisp, sound, and intact with a natural brown patina. 24 cm. 935 g.