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[Obstetrics] LEVRET, André Essai sur l'abus des règles générales, et contre les préjugés qui s'opposent aux progrès de l'art des accouchemens [...]. Paris, Prault, P.Fr. Didot, 8vo: [2]-xiii-[1]-356-[pp. (some spotting on title). Half sheep with corners (sl. rubbed), marbled paper on covers, gilt flat spine, red edges. First edition of this important work on childbirth by the French obstetrician Levret (1703-1780). Ill. with one fold. engr. pl. showing instruments. Levret was a contemporary of the famous English obstetrician Smellie, and along with Baoudelocque he helped advance the science of obstetrics in 18th-c. France. He improved the obstetric forceps, invented several other obstetric instruments and made fundamental observations on pelvic anomalies (Garrison & Morton). Ref. Blake - Wellcome III-- BnF. - COPAC. - Garrison & Morton 6152-