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Lot 885: TRAITÉ GÉNÉRAL DES ACCOUCHEMENS [...].

Est: €200 EUR - €300 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumOctober 08, 2021

Item Overview

Description

4to: xv-[1]-408 pp. (some pp. more heavily browned). - Rare first edition of this treatise on midwifery by the French anatomist and surgeon P. Dionis (1643-1718). Illustrated with an engr. author's portrait by Daudet and 7 full-page engr. pl. The work deals with all aspects of obstetrics incl. conception, pregnancy, delivery, and the choosing of a suitable midwife and wet nurse. Dionis taught anatomy and surgery at the Jardin du Roi in Paris and was the first to conduct anatomical dissections and surgical operations there in public. In 1680 he became surgeon to Maria Theresa of Spain, and subsequently to the Dauphines Marie-Adelaïde of Savoy and Marie-Anne-Victoire of Bavaria. - Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Wellcome II:471. - Blake 121. - Joined: Hull, John - Observations on Mr. Simmons's detection, &c.&c. with a defence of the cesarean operation, derived from authorities, &c.&c. [...]. Manchester, R. & W. Dean; London, R. Bickerstaff, [1799]. 4to: vi-473-[1] pp. Contemp. calf, double gilt border on covers (upper cover loose), gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands (spine def.), marbled edges. Illustrated with 2 fold. tables and 12 engr. pl. (of which 2 fold.). Ref. COPAC. - Blake 225. - Wellcome III:313. Prov. G.O.M. (sm. ticket on inner front cover). (2 vol.)

Artist or Maker

Date

1718

Condition Report

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands, red leather title label.

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Auction Details

Day 2 - Drawings, engravings, posters, prints, photography, rare books

by
Arenberg Auctions
October 08, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

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