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GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS -- MAURICEAU, Fr. Tractaet van de siektens der swangere vrouwen en der gene die eerst gebaert hebben. Aenwysende de rechte en ware manier om de Vrouwen in hare natuurlyke baringen wel te helpen, de geboortens tegens de natuur te recht te brengen, en de siektens der jong-geborene Kinderen te genesen.Uit het Frans vert. Amst., A. Magnus, (1683). (16), 408, (23) pp. W. engr. ti. & 31 text-engrs., sev. full-p. 4°. Mod. blind tooled cf. in antique style w. raised bands & burgundy letterpiece. (Stamp on ti-p., outer margin C3 rep. w. minor loss of text, some marg. stains, a bit soiled/thumbed in places).
First Dutch edition. - G-M 6147 (French ed.): "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 (...). This book established obstetrics as a science." - BMN I, p. 342; Waller 6362.€ 240
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