A sculpture of Hermaphroditus, with the Colosseum in the background. Engraving.

Hermaphroditus sleeping. Steel engraving by J.B.H. Bourgois after P. Bouillon, 1808.

Bas relief of Hermaphroditus. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.

Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.

Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.

The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting.

Heart: three figures, and the genital area of supposed hermaphrodites: two figures. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.

Three figures of foetuses with hermaphroditic genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.

Sexual organs of the male, the female and hermaphrodites. Etching.

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L'hermaphrodisme : structure, fonctions, état psychologique et mental, état civil et mariage, dangers et remèdes / par Ch. Debierre.

Traite des hermaphrodits, parties genitales, accouchemens des femmes, etc.; ou sont expliquez la figure des laboreur & verger du genre humain, signes de pucelage, defloration, conception, & la belle industrie dont use nature en la promotion du concept & plante prolifique : réimprimé sur l'édition unique (Rouen, 1612) / par Jacques Duval.

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255 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.

Man into woman : an authentic record of a change of sex / [Lili Elbe ; edited by] Niels Hoyer [i.e. E. Harthern] ; translated from the German by H.J. Stenning ; introduction by Norman Haire.

Anaesthesia, hospitalism, hermaphroditism, and a proposal to stamp out small-pox and other contagious diseases / Ed. by Sir W.G. Simpson, bart.

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Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.

L'hermaphrodisme : structure, fonctions, état psychologique et mental, état civil et mariage, dangers et remèdes / par Ch. Debierre.

Man into woman : an authentic record of a change of sex / [Lili Elbe ; edited by] Niels Hoyer [i.e. E. Harthern] ; translated from the German by H.J. Stenning ; introduction by Norman Haire.

Anaesthesia, hospitalism, hermaphroditism, and a proposal to stamp out small-pox and other contagious diseases / Ed. by Sir W.G. Simpson, bart.

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Intersexuality

Images

Works

Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.

L'hermaphrodisme : structure, fonctions, état psychologique et mental, état civil et mariage, dangers et remèdes / par Ch. Debierre.

Man into woman : an authentic record of a change of sex / [Lili Elbe ; edited by] Niels Hoyer [i.e. E. Harthern] ; translated from the German by H.J. Stenning ; introduction by Norman Haire.

Anaesthesia, hospitalism, hermaphroditism, and a proposal to stamp out small-pox and other contagious diseases / Ed. by Sir W.G. Simpson, bart.

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