Programma: uomo.

London, Allen Lane 1989, cm.16x24, pp.XVIII,488,16 tavv. in nero f.t., hardcover, dustjacket. Drawing on different sources, this book shows that the abandonment of children was a familiar and widespread part of European domestic life, from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. It was a custom accepted and regulated by the Church and civil authorities and, in the absence of reliable birth control, it was a practice often essential to the survival of the rest of the family. John Boswell's book "Christianity, social Tolerance and Homosexuality" won the 1981 American Book Award for history.

Firenze, Le Monnier 1853, cm.11,5x18, pp.474, legatura editoriale in mezza pelle.