MERCURIO, Girolamo (1550-1616). La Commare o Raccoglitrice, Verona: Francesco de Rossi, 1642, 2 parts in one volume, 4°, additional engraved title, numerous woodcut illustrations (occasional minor browning and soiling), later limp boards. [Krivatsy 7810 (lacking engraved title); cf. GM 6144 for first edition of 1596] Provenance: JCL

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MERCURIO, Girolamo (1550-1616). La Commare o Raccoglitrice, Verona: Francesco de Rossi, 1642, 2 parts in one volume, 4°, additional engraved title, numerous woodcut illustrations (occasional minor browning and soiling), later limp boards. [Krivatsy 7810 (lacking engraved title); cf. GM 6144 for first edition of 1596] Provenance: JCL

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A later edition of this first Italian book on obstetrics which also covered caesarean births.

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