202 Pages, Including Bibliography, With Illustrated Black On Yellow Endpapers From A 15th Century German Woodcut. The Keeper Of The Bed Was The Traditional Title Of The Eunuch, Guardian Of The Ladies And Of The Intimate Secrets Of Oriental Rulers And Despots. This Is The First Modern Study Of A Subject That Must Be Regarded As One Of Mankind"s Guilty Secrets. The Physical And Emotional Results Of Castration Are Discussed. Religeous Groups And Italian Singers Kept The Practice Alive Into Comparatively Modern Times. 10 Plates (6 Plates Have Been Removed). Very Fine Copy Otherwise. No Djkt