The book "Man and woman" in 3 volumes. St. Petersburg, "Enlightenment", 1911

The Stargift collection presents the famous German encyclopedia "Man and Woman" in 3 volumes. The books deal with the history of the relationship between the sexes. Among the authors: biologists, doctors, historians, cultural scientists, philosophers. The publication covers almost all aspects of history, sociology, psychology, and biology of the sexes.

"Man and Woman" is a collective work, the creation of which was attended by: Prof. T. Akhelis, V. Belshe, I. Bloch, etc.

The three-volume collection is a luxurious edition, beautifully illustrated, including many images on separate sheets protected by parchment.

Each volume of the publication has its own theme. The first considers a man and a woman "physiologically", as indicated by the names of the sections: "A man in married life", "A man in the position of a father", "A man in the position of a bachelor", "A man in old age", "A woman-mother", etc.

The second volume explores the institution of marriage and its attendant phenomena. The oldest of the unions connecting a man and a woman is studied from a variety of angles, such as "Cultural history of marriage", "Hygiene of marriage", "Children and marriage", "Earning activity and marriage".

The third one combines the "social" chapters, which describe the conditions of existence of representatives of both sexes in various strata of society (from the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie to the working-peasant environment). It also treats "socially significant" topics: "Man and woman at home", "Man and woman in working life", "Gender relations among different nations".