Traité général des accouchemens [...].

4to: xv-[1]-408 pp. (some pp. more heavily browned).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands, red leather title label.

Rare first edition of this treatise on midwifery by the French anatomist and surgeon P. Dionis (1643-1718). Illustrated with an engr. author's portrait by Daudet and 7 full-page engr. pl. The work deals with all aspects of obstetrics incl. conception, pregnancy, delivery, and the choosing of a suitable midwife and wet nurse. Dionis taught anatomy and surgery at the Jardin du Roi in Paris and was the first to conduct anatomical dissections and surgical operations there in public. In 1680 he became surgeon to Maria Theresa of Austria, and subsequently to the Dauphines Marie-Adelaïde of Savoy and Marie-Anne-Victoire of Bavaria.
Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Wellcome II:471. - Blake 121.
Joined: Hull, John - Observations on Mr. Simmons's detection, &c.&c. with a defence of the cesarean operation, derived from authorities, &c.&c. [...]. Manchester, R. & W. Dean; London, R. Bickerstaff, [1799]. 4to: vi-473-[1] pp. Contemp. calf, double gilt border on covers (upper cover loose), gilt orn. spine on 4 raised bands (spine def.), marbled edges. Illustrated with 2 fold. tables and 12 engr. pl. (of which 2 fold.). Ref. COPAC. - Blake 225. - Wellcome III:313. Prov. G.O.M. (sm. ticket on inner front cover). (2 vol.)