![HOORN, Johan von (1662-1724). Den swenska wäl-öfwade jord-gumman hwilken grundeligen underwijser huru med en hafwande handles . Stockholm: Goldenhaus, 1697. [with] Then swenska wälöfwade jorde-gummans andra deel. Bestäende uti ottatijo märckwärdige förlosningar af Paul Portal.. Stockholm: Merkell, 1723. 2 volumes, in one, 8° (166 x 100mm). Engraved additional title and 11 engraved plates, all in the first volume (occasional light dampstaining, a few leaves cut short at lower margin). Contemporary speckled calf. FIRST EDITION of the first Swedish handbook on midwifery. It is also the first complete medical text book to be published in Sweden, bound with the rarer second part, the author's translation of and commentary on Paul Portal's La pratique des accouchemens (1685). Krivatsy 5962 (calling for 22 preliminary pages; this copy has 16); Blake p.359.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2008/CSK/2008_CSK_05442_0159_000(034746).jpg?w=1)
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HOORN, Johan von (1662-1724). Den swenska wäl-öfwade jord-gumman hwilken grundeligen underwijser huru med en hafwande handles . Stockholm: Goldenhaus, 1697. [with] Then swenska wälöfwade jorde-gummans andra deel. Bestäende uti ottatijo märckwärdige förlosningar af Paul Portal.. Stockholm: Merkell, 1723. 2 volumes, in one, 8° (166 x 100mm). Engraved additional title and 11 engraved plates, all in the first volume (occasional light dampstaining, a few leaves cut short at lower margin). Contemporary speckled calf. FIRST EDITION of the first Swedish handbook on midwifery. It is also the first complete medical text book to be published in Sweden, bound with the rarer second part, the author's translation of and commentary on Paul Portal's La pratique des accouchemens (1685). Krivatsy 5962 (calling for 22 preliminary pages; this copy has 16); Blake p.359.
ACREL, Olof (1717-1806). Utförlig förklaring om friska särs egenskaper, I afseende til deras särskilta nature, kännetecken och päfölgder . Stockholm: Salvius, 1745. 8° (150 x 94mm). (Small wormtrack in last few leaves). Contemporary half calf and speckled boards. FIRST EDITION of the first scientific surgical book printed in Sweden. Blake p.4.
KIERNANDER, Jonas (1721-1778?). Utkast til Medicinal-lagfarenheten. Stockholm: Nordström, [1776]. 8° (183 x 116mm). Engraved title (spotting and browning). Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards (rubbed). A manual on forensic medicine written for the enlightenment of judges, the assistance of physicians and the instruction of midwives by the physician to the King. Blake p.242. (3)
ACREL, Olof (1717-1806). Utförlig förklaring om friska särs egenskaper, I afseende til deras särskilta nature, kännetecken och päfölgder . Stockholm: Salvius, 1745. 8° (150 x 94mm). (Small wormtrack in last few leaves). Contemporary half calf and speckled boards. FIRST EDITION of the first scientific surgical book printed in Sweden. Blake p.4.
KIERNANDER, Jonas (1721-1778?). Utkast til Medicinal-lagfarenheten. Stockholm: Nordström, [1776]. 8° (183 x 116mm). Engraved title (spotting and browning). Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards (rubbed). A manual on forensic medicine written for the enlightenment of judges, the assistance of physicians and the instruction of midwives by the physician to the King. Blake p.242. (3)
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