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DEVENTER, Hendrik van (1651-1724). Manuale operatien, I. deel. Zijnde een nieuw ligt voor vroed-meesters en vroed-vrouwen... The Hague: for the author, 1701.
4o (195 x 155 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 35 engraved plates (several folding) by Phi. Bouttats (Zz1 slit for cancelling, with few early repairs.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt, with gilt-lettered red morocco label (corners slightly bumped).
FIRST EDITION of Deventer's work on midwifery, published privatly by the author. "This work gives the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, and the effect of the latter in complicating labour" (Garrison-Morton). The unflattering portrait frontispiece of the author was apparently drawn and engraved by himself. Garrison-Morton 6253; Norman 631.
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DEVENTER, Hendrik van. Nadeer vertoog van de sware barigen, en van de toetsteen en't schild der vroedvrouwen... het tweede deel. Delft: Reinier Boilet, 1719. 4o. FIRST EDITION, of the second part of the Manuale operatien. Norman 632.
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FIRST EDITION of Deventer's work on midwifery, published privatly by the author. "This work gives the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, and the effect of the latter in complicating labour" (Garrison-Morton). The unflattering portrait frontispiece of the author was apparently drawn and engraved by himself. Garrison-Morton 6253; Norman 631.
[Bound with:]
DEVENTER, Hendrik van. Nadeer vertoog van de sware barigen, en van de toetsteen en't schild der vroedvrouwen... het tweede deel. Delft: Reinier Boilet, 1719. 4