Voorstelling van de noodsaakelijkheid der keyserlijke snee: daar neven de verhandelinge van de teeling en baaring.

12mo: [2]-48, 154-[2 bl.], 258-[2] pp.; 4 pl. (sl. browned, some occ. faint dampstaining in the margins).

Contemp. overl. vellum (some stains), flat spine (sm. lack of vellum).

Very rare first edition of this work on the Caesarian section by the Dutch physician D. van der Sterren (d. 1691). Ill. with 4 engr. pl. After first practising medicine in Holland, van der Sterren went to the West Indies and Curaçao where he took care of the slaves ("ter besorginge van de negros slaven"). In this treatise he was the first (before van Deventer) to describe the malpositioning of the uterus. He also emphasised the fact that a foetus can live on some time after the the mother's death in which case a Caesarian section is essential for the survival of the child. With three part-titles. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. Banga, Geschiedenis van de geneeskunde en van hare beoefenaren in Nederland, II:654. - Krivatsy 11444. - STCN. - Not in Wellcome.
Prov. Ms. ownership entry on title.