Viardel. Observations sur la pratique des accouchemens. 1748
VIARDEL, Cosme.
Observations sur la pratique des accouchemens, naturels, contre nature, & monstrueux.
Paris, d'Houry Père, 1748.
450 €
8vo (190x119 mm), frontispiece (folding portrait)-(4)-344-(12) pages and 16 plates (2 are folding).
binding: Contemporary full sheep, spine gilt in six compartments, title in gilt on lettering-piece.
Few foxing. Headcaps a little chipped, corners worn.
Third edition, with additional remarks.
Viardel was a famous midwife in the second half of the seventeenth century.
references: Dezeimeris [IV, p. 329].
