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ROESLIN, Eucharius. De Partu Hominis, et quae circa ipsum accidunt. [Paris]: Jean Foucher, 1535.
8° (154 x 97mm.). Woodcut on title, 20 woodcut illustrations, including a few repeats. (Neat repair to small hole where date has been erased at foot of title.) Modern vellum. Provenance: Alfred M. Hellman (bookplate); Alistair Livingston Gunn (armorial bookplate).
First edition printed in France (a translation into French was published at the same press in 1536) of the first printed handbook for the instruction of midwives. Durling 3898.
8° (154 x 97mm.). Woodcut on title, 20 woodcut illustrations, including a few repeats. (Neat repair to small hole where date has been erased at foot of title.) Modern vellum. Provenance: Alfred M. Hellman (bookplate); Alistair Livingston Gunn (armorial bookplate).
First edition printed in France (a translation into French was published at the same press in 1536) of the first printed handbook for the instruction of midwives. Durling 3898.