Système nouveau et complet de l'art des accouchements, tant théorique que pratique [...].

2 vol., 8vo: xxii-606 [= 616], xlviii-802 pp. (some pl. with a tiny tear due to imprudent folding, some browning).

Contemp. mottled sheep (bumped corners), gilt orn. spines with 5 raised bands (rubbed joints, sm. def. at head and tail), red edges, marbled endpapers.

First French edition translated by Le Moine of "An essay towards a complete new system of midwifery, theoretical and practical" (first 1751) by the English physician and antiquary Burton (1710-1771). Ill. with 18 fold. engr. pl. "Burton was the first to suggest that puerperal fever is contagious, and the first to give a detailed discussion of Caesarean section" (Garrison & Morton).
Ref. BnF - Blake 72. - Garrison & Morton 6268. - Wellcome II:277.
Prov. Contemp. annotations.