The Compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing perfect rules for midwifes and nurses : as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children ... with instructions of the midwife to the Queen of France ... : illustrated with severall cuts in brass /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for Nathaniel Brooke at the Angell in Cornhill,
1656.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | T.C. = Thomas Chamberlayne. Cf. Wing (2nd edition, 1994). With engraved frontispiece depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France. P. 148 misnumbered 841. There are 2 bifoliums in this item. The first, inserted following pages2, consists of an engraving of female anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the first figure" on recto of second leaf; the second, inserted following p.108 (2nd sequence), consists of engraving of female and infant anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the third figure" on recto of second leaf. Annotation "May 12" at foot of t.p. Reproduction of original in British Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([16], 2, [2], 3-841 [id est 148], 94, [2], 95-108, [2] 109-126 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait. |