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MAURICEAU, Franois (1637-1709). Des maladies des femmes grosses et accouches. Paris: Charles Coignard for the Author, Jean d'Houry and Robert de Ninville, 1668.
4o (240 x 172 mm). Engraved title and 30 engraved illustrations in text (light marginal staining at beginning and minor dampstaining at end.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt; cloth folding case. Provenance: Coleviler (old signature on front fly-leaf).
FIRST EDITION. "THIS BOOK ESTABLISHED OBSTETRICS AS A SCIENCE. The outstanding textbook of the time. Mauriceau, leading obstetrician of his day, introduced the practice of delivering his patients in bed instead of in the obstetrical chair" (Garrison-Morton). En francais dans le texte 107; Garrison-Morton 6147; Grolier Medicine 33; Heirs of Hippocrates 604 (2nd. Edition); NLM/Krivatsy 7588; Norman 1461.
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FIRST EDITION. "THIS BOOK ESTABLISHED OBSTETRICS AS A SCIENCE. The outstanding textbook of the time. Mauriceau, leading obstetrician of his day, introduced the practice of delivering his patients in bed instead of in the obstetrical chair" (Garrison-Morton). En francais dans le texte 107; Garrison-Morton 6147; Grolier Medicine 33; Heirs of Hippocrates 604 (2nd. Edition); NLM/Krivatsy 7588; Norman 1461.