Title: 't Boeck van de vroet-wijfs. In't welcke men mach leeren alle heymelijckheden van de vrouwen, en in wat gestalte den mensche in fijn moeders lichaem ontfangen, groeyet, en geboren wort... Author: Rüff, Jakob Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Weduwe van Gysbert de Groot Date: 1690 Description: [vi], 132, [4] pp. 29 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman several of which are full-page, and with a large woodcut on the title depicting a birthing room. (4to) period limp vellum, modern custom folding chemise. Although Rüff's renowned book was translated and reprinted in several languages, all copies are quite scarce. Of this Dutch edition, OCLC locates just two copies. “An improved version of Rösslin's Swangern frawen, this contains the first true anatomical pictures in an obstetrics book. Rueff described smooth-edged forceps for delivery of a live baby, preceding Chamberlen, and a toothed forceps for extraction of the dead foetus. He developed a method celphic version combining internal and external manipulation.”-see Garrison-Morton 6141, citing the 1554 first German edition. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding soiled and wrinkled, leaves G1 and G4 frayed along outer margin with some minor loss of text, and strengthened with tissue; very good. Item number: 276407a
Title: 't Boeck van de vroet-wijfs. In't welcke men mach leeren alle heymelijckheden van de vrouwen, en in wat gestalte den mensche in fijn moeders lichaem ontfangen, groeyet, en geboren wort... Author: Rüff, Jakob Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Weduwe van Gysbert de Groot Date: 1690 Description: [vi], 132, [4] pp. 29 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman several of which are full-page, and with a large woodcut on the title depicting a birthing room. (4to) period limp vellum, modern custom folding chemise. Although Rüff's renowned book was translated and reprinted in several languages, all copies are quite scarce. Of this Dutch edition, OCLC locates just two copies. “An improved version of Rösslin's Swangern frawen, this contains the first true anatomical pictures in an obstetrics book. Rueff described smooth-edged forceps for delivery of a live baby, preceding Chamberlen, and a toothed forceps for extraction of the dead foetus. He developed a method celphic version combining internal and external manipulation.”-see Garrison-Morton 6141, citing the 1554 first German edition. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding soiled and wrinkled, leaves G1 and G4 frayed along outer margin with some minor loss of text, and strengthened with tissue; very good. Item number: 276407a
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