ROESSLIN, Eucharius (d. 1526). De Partu Hominis, Venice: Bernardino Bindoni, 1536, small 8°, 22 woodcut illustrations, including title vignette, most depicting positions within the womb, 2 medallion portraits, colophon leaf (early leaves dampstained, small hole in outer margin of A1-2 just encroaching on text, ink stamp on lower margin of A1v, ink stamp and accession number on A2r), later half cloth. [Durling 3899/3900 (with the colophon leaf as described in 3900 but with the title setting of 3899); Waller 8103; Wellcome I, 5507] Provenance: Ahlfeld Library

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ROESSLIN, Eucharius (d. 1526). De Partu Hominis, Venice: Bernardino Bindoni, 1536, small 8°, 22 woodcut illustrations, including title vignette, most depicting positions within the womb, 2 medallion portraits, colophon leaf (early leaves dampstained, small hole in outer margin of A¹^-² just encroaching on text, ink stamp on lower margin of A1v, ink stamp and accession number on A2r), later half cloth. [Durling 3899/3900 (with the colophon leaf as described in 3900 but with the title setting of 3899); Waller 8103; Wellcome I, 5507] Provenance: Ahlfeld Library

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An early Latin edition of this popular work on midwifery which ran to 40 editions. It was originally published in 1513 as Der Swangern Frauwen und hebammen Rosegarten.

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