LE BOURSIER DU COUDRAY, ANGÉLIQUE-MARGUERITE. Abrégé de l'art des accouchements...nouvelle edition. Saintes: Chez Pierre Toussaints, 1769. Engraved portrait of the author and 26 COLOR-PRINTED PLATES by J. Robert after P. Chapparre. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION (and the first book on midwifery to appear with plates printed in multiple colors). The first edition was published in 1759 without illustrations. NLM/Blake, p. 260; Heirs of Hippocrates 919 (1777 edition). Rare.

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LE BOURSIER DU COUDRAY, ANGÉLIQUE-MARGUERITE. Abrégé de l'art des accouchements...nouvelle edition. Saintes: Chez Pierre Toussaints, 1769. Engraved portrait of the author and 26 COLOR-PRINTED PLATES by J. Robert after P. Chapparre. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION (and the first book on midwifery to appear with plates printed in multiple colors). The first edition was published in 1759 without illustrations. NLM/Blake, p. 260; Heirs of Hippocrates 919 (1777 edition). Rare.

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