細節
LE BOURSIER DU COUDRAY, Angélique Marguerite (1712-1789). Abrégé de l'art des accouchemens, dans lequel on donne les préceptes nécessaires pour le mettre heureusement en pratique. Paris: veuve Delaguette, 1759. 12° (169 x 94mm). Half title, with the final blank (a few lower fore-corners very lightly waterstained). Contemporary French calf, gilt spine with red lettering piece, red edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: F. Hubert (near contemporary ownership inscription on verso of half-title).
FIRST EDITION of this popular 18th-century guide to midwives, written for 'femmes peu intelligentes'. The author informs us in the preface that in order to teach village women her art she had constructed several machines to represent the feminine sexual organs and a baby with, and without, its head. Wellcome II, p.492 (under Ducoudray).
FIRST EDITION of this popular 18th-century guide to midwives, written for 'femmes peu intelligentes'. The author informs us in the preface that in order to teach village women her art she had constructed several machines to represent the feminine sexual organs and a baby with, and without, its head. Wellcome II, p.492 (under Ducoudray).
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