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| Id |
32450 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
RAYNAUD, Théophile (1583-1663) |
| Title |
Eunuchi, nati, facti, mystici, ex sacra et humana literatura illustrati. Zacharias Pasqualigus puerorum emasculator ob musicam, quo loco habendus. Responsio Ad quaesitum per Epistolam I. Heriberti Caemeliensis [i.e. T. Raynaud] ad illustrissimum et amplissimum D.D. Philibertum De La Mare, Senatorem divionensem. |
| Place |
Divione |
| Publisher |
Apud Philibertum Chavance |
| Publication Date |
1655 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
4to. [vii], 203, [v] pp. |
| Description |
Pigskin. Title printed in red and black. A wide-ranging treatise on eunuchs, including a chapter on the castration of boys before puberty to preserve the soprano or contralto range of their voices, possibly the earliest published account of this practice. |
| Reference |
First edition. RISM B/VI/2 p.689. |
| Price |
£2000.00 |
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