Lot 1129
1129
GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS -- COUDRAY, A. M. LE BOURSIER DU. Abrégé de l'art des accouchements. Nouv. éd. Chalons-sur Marne, Bouchard, 1773. x, 185, (4) pp. W. front.-portr. & 26 handcold. engr. Sm-4°. Cont. red mor. w. gilt dec. spine w. green label, gilt dec. sides, gilt edges & marbled endpapers. (Spine faded, manuscript note on flyleaf, price on title-p. rubbed out, exlibris on paste-down, otherwise a very good, clean copy w. crisp colours).
Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray (1712?- 1794) was an influential and pioneering midwife and educator in scientific midwifery, a rare woman of influence in a time when men where taking over the field. From 1760 to 1783 she travelled France at the request of Louis XV; during this time she directly educated around 4000 midwives in the provinces. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angélique_du_Coudray).€ 300
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