École pratique des accouchemens.

Ghent, J.F. vander Schueren, 1785

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4to: [8]-428-[10] pp. (prelim. pp. browned).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, marbled edges. Good copy.

First French trsl. of the important Dutch manual of obstetrics (1st 1784) by J.B. Jacobs (1734-1790). Ill. with an engr. dedicatory headpiece to the "Châtellenie du Vieux-Bourg" and 21 full-page numb. engr. plates (2 fold.) by Tiberghien & L.J. Wauters. "À l'époque de son apparition, c'était un des traités les plus complets sur l'art des accouchements" (Bibl. gant.). This book was available to midwives in many Flemish villages and towns.
Ref. Bibl. gant. IV:6515. - Blake 232. - Conlon 85:1336. - Wellcome III:339. - Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:338.