153 - [ETHNOLOGY - SEXUALITY]. KIND, Alfred; HARTWICH, Alex; and KAUS, Gina. The Wedding Night: An Ethnological, Cultural-Historical, and Sexual-Physiological Description of Its Nature and Significance, and a Morphology of Its Manifestations

[ETHNOLOGY - SEXUALITY]. KIND, Alfred; HARTWICH, Alex; and KAUS, Gina. The Wedding Night: An Ethnological, Cultural-Historical, and Sexual-Physiological Description of Its Nature and Significance, and a Morphology of Its Manifestations Vienna, Verlag für Kulturforschung, 1931. In-4 Bradel-style, full turquoise percaline by the publisher, smooth spine adorned with gilt metalwork, title and wide gilt border on the front cover (contemporary binding). 192 pages, numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text, some of which are full-page, 8 color plates, 7 intaglio engravings, and 6 original silver prints in gilded frames, mounted on thick cardboard and on tabs, with a few headbands and initial letters. In German. Binding slightly worn, spine faded and slightly detached. First edition of this ethnological, sociological, and sexological study of the engagement period and the wedding night across cultures and eras. The result of a collaboration between the physician and writer Dr. Alex Hartwich, the renowned writer Gina Kaus, and the cultural historian Dr. Alfred Kind, it constitutes the first volume of the collection “Die legitime Erotik” (Legitimate Eroticism). It is richly illustrated with drawings, engravings, and photographs by Perckhammer, Manasseh, and Kirchner. It concludes with an album of six captioned silver-print photographs, most of which depict nude young women. A beautiful copy in the publisher’s original binding.