Nouvelles démonstrations d'accouchemens [...].

4to: xxi-[1 bl.]-161 pp. (some dampstaining in the margins).

Contemp. red calf, gilt orn. border on covers, gilt orn. flat spine (faded, joints rubbed, starting to split, head and tail sl. def.).

Brussels edition (1st Paris, 1822-27) of this magnificent obstetrical atlas of the 19th c. by the French physician Maygrier (1771-1835). Ill. (complete) with 80 numb. pl. (1 to 79, pl. 27 & 28 on the same p., n. 79 two times attributed) after drawings by Duvivier, Lauters, Vandenkerckhoven, Lemonnier, lithographed by Dewasme or Burggraaff. Maygrier was a student of Antoine Dubois and practiced at the Cochin hospital and the Hôtel-Dieu. His objective was to simplify the teaching of the subject. He became one of the most important obstetricians of the 19th c.
Ref. COPAC. - Not in Opac KBR, BnF, Garrison & Morton.
Joined: Id. - Nouveaux élémens de la science et de l'art des accouchemens. Paris, de Pelafol, 1817. 2 vol., 8vo: xxviii-512, [4]-504 pp. Modern black cloth. Ref. COPAC. - BnF. (3 vol.)