Mémorial de l'art des accouchements, ouvrage pratique, dans lequel on a représenté avec soin, en 133 gravures, toutes les positions de l'enfant [...]; suivi des Aphorismes de Mauriceau [...].

8vo: [14-2 bl.]-666 pp. (title sl. soiled, some very min. spotting).

Contemp. gilt-ruled calf, gilt-decor. flat spine, a.e.g. (rebacked).

First edition and for a long time an authority in the field of obstetrics. Copy signed by the author (1773-1841) as it should be. Ill. with an engr. front. representing "Hospice de la maternité" and 129 (woodengraved?) ill. in-text representing the various positions, normal or abnormal, of the child in the uterus.
ref. Garrison & Morton 6165. - Wellcome II:195. - BnF.
Prov. Ms. entry cut out on French title. - "Lise Jacob" (ms. entry).
Joined: Mauriceau, Fr. - Traité des maladies des femmes grosses et de celles qui sont accouchées [...]. 5ème éd. corrigée [...]. Paris, H. Foucault, 1712 (part 1); Compagnies des libraires associés, 1740 (part 2). 2 vol., 4to (some spotting and brown., some tiny wormholes and dampstaining, some ms. annotations in the 2nd vol.). Contemp. calf (both vol. (with sl. different binding) rebacked, with repaired corners, scratches and stains on covers). Hybrid ed. (1st 1668) of this famous textbook on obstetrics by the Paris surgeon and obstetrician Mauriceau (1637-1709). Ill. with an engr. author's portrait by Picart after Boulogne and 32 smaller and larger engr. showing female anatomy, foetuses, surgical instruments, etc. Ref. Blake p. 293. - Wellcome IV:85. - Cp. Garrison & Morton 6147 (3rd ed.). Prov. Stamps. - Ms. name on title. (3 vol.)