L'art des accouchemens. Quatrième édition [...].

2 vol., 8vo: [4]-xlvii-[1]-694, [4-1 bl.]-vii-582 pp. (some spotting and browning, some min. dampstains in the margins of the pl.).

Contemp. sheep, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. flat spines (somewhat rubbed).

Fourth edition (first 1781) of this often reprinted work on obstetrics by the surgeon and Paris professor Baudelocque (1746-1810). Ill. with 17 engr. fold. pl. showing anatomical figures or forceps deliveries. "Baudelocque invented a pelvimeter and advanced the knowledge of pelvimetry and of the mechanism of labour" (Garrison & Morton).
Ref. Blake 34. - Cp. Garrison & Morton 6255. - COPAC. - BnF.
Joined: 1. Mauriceau, Fr. - Traité des maladies des femmes grosses et de celles qui sont accouchées [...]. Paris, N. Gosselin, 1712. 4to: [12]-555-[25] pp. - 2. Id. - Observations sur la grossesse et l'accouchement des femmes, et sur leurs maladies, et celles des enfans nouveaux-nez. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires associés, 1728. 4to: [8]-572-[12]. [Bound with] Id. - Dernières observations sur les maladies des femmes grosses et accouchées. Ibid. [2]-86 pp. 3 works in 2 vol. Contemp. calf (corners bumped and rubbed, sm. def. on covers), gilt orn. spines with 5 raised bands (joints splitting, def. at heads and tail), sp. edges, marbled endpapers. Fifth edition (first 1668). Vol. 1 only has imprint of Gosselin. Vol. II with imprint Comp. des Libraires associés, is in two parts ("Observations" and Dernières observations"), each with separate title without volume number or edition statement (apart from "nouvelle édition, revue & corrigée"). Highly esteemed work by the surgeon and Paris obstetrician Fr. Mauriceau (1637-1709). "The outstanding textbook of the time (...) This book established obstetrics as a science" (Garrison & Morton). Ill. with 32 smaller and larger engr. pl. several by Lombars after Cerceau showing female anatomy, fetuses, surgical instruments etc. Ref. Vol. I: Wellcome IV:85. - Cp. Blake 293, Garrison & Morton 6147. Prov. Michael Franciscus Everard, and others (ms. ownership entries). Ref. Vol. II: "Observations": BnF. "Dernières observations": Blake 293. - Not in BnF. (4 vol.)