Rueff, Jacob De conceptu, et generatione hominis: de matrice et eius partibus, nec non de conditione infantis in utero, et gravidarum cura et officio libri sex. Frankfurt: (Peter Schmidt for Sigmund Feyerabend , 1587 4to (190 x 129mm.), title printed in red and black with a woodcut illustration, woodcut illustrations, without blank leaf at end of preliminaries, later calf-backed boards, some early annotations, lacking D2 (supplied in early manuscript facsimile), spine detached Originally issued in 1554, this edition contains numerous fine woodcuts by Jost Amman (first used for the 1580 edition) depicting a uterus with babies in different presentations, various birth defects (including conjoint twins) and scenes of childbirth. "A comprehensive handbook, the treatise opens with a discussion of conception, development, and nutrition of the fetus. The anatomy of the uterus and a set of precepts for pregnant women are followed by a section on parturition including care of the mother and infant" (Eimas, p.83). LITERATURE: VD16 R 3583 (listing 4 copies); cf. Eimas 233 (1580 edition) PROVENANCE: D.L. Cumming, signature on flyleafCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Rueff, Jacob De conceptu, et generatione hominis: de matrice et eius partibus, nec non de conditione infantis in utero, et gravidarum cura et officio libri sex. Frankfurt: (Peter Schmidt for Sigmund Feyerabend , 1587 4to (190 x 129mm.), title printed in red and black with a woodcut illustration, woodcut illustrations, without blank leaf at end of preliminaries, later calf-backed boards, some early annotations, lacking D2 (supplied in early manuscript facsimile), spine detached Originally issued in 1554, this edition contains numerous fine woodcuts by Jost Amman (first used for the 1580 edition) depicting a uterus with babies in different presentations, various birth defects (including conjoint twins) and scenes of childbirth. "A comprehensive handbook, the treatise opens with a discussion of conception, development, and nutrition of the fetus. The anatomy of the uterus and a set of precepts for pregnant women are followed by a section on parturition including care of the mother and infant" (Eimas, p.83). LITERATURE: VD16 R 3583 (listing 4 copies); cf. Eimas 233 (1580 edition) PROVENANCE: D.L. Cumming, signature on flyleafCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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