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Record Nr.

UNISA996391132803316

Autore

Chamberlayne Thomas

Titolo

The Compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man [[electronic resource] ] : 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 / / by T.C., I.D., M.S., T.B., practitioners

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Nathaniel Brooke at the Angell in Cornhill, 1656

Descrizione fisica

[16], 2, [2], 3-841 [i.e. 148], 94, [2], 95-108, [2] 109-126 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., port

Altri autori (Persone)

BoursierLouise Bourgeois <ca. 1563-1636.>

Soggetti

Midwifery

Gynecology

Obstetrics

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

T.C. = Thomas Chamberlayne.  Cf. Wing (2nd ed., 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 p.2, 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.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018