Live auction - Lot 687

[Medicine - Obstetrics]

DEVENTER, Hendrik van

Manuale operatien, zynde een nieuw ligt voor vroed-meesters en vroed-vrouwen [...].

Amsterdam, J. Morterre, 1765

€ 120 / 160

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4to: [32]-555-[25] pp. (some spotting and staining, tear in portr. and pl. 3).

Contemp. calf (rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (joints split, head & tail def.), black leather title label.

Fourth edition (first Dutch ed. 1701, first Latin in the same year) augmented with the remarks of the French doctor d' Ablaincourt by Deventer. Ill. with an author's portrait by Bouttats and 40 engr. on 36 pl. of which 7 folding. "This work gives the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, and the effect of the latter in complicating labour" (Garrison & Morton). Title in red and black.
Ref. Blake 118. - STCN. - Cp. Garrison & Morton 6253. - Not in BL.

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Lot 687

Manuale operatien, zynde een nieuw ligt voor vroed-meesters en vroed-vrouwen [...].

DEVENTER, Hendrik van

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