Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 438
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
BARD, SAMUEL. A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 19 wood-engraved text illustrations. 239, [1] pages. 12mo, 176x102 mm, contemporary sheep with roan lettering piece, spine and cover edges worn; moderate foxing, marginal toning on opening leaves, blank lower outer corner off title, scattered contemporary corrections in ink, stains in outer margin of last several leaves. Contemporary bookplate of G. G. Dunnel on front pastedown; signature of A. Holmes on title. New York: Collins and Perkins, 1808

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first edition of the first textbook of obstetrics by an American author; second issue, with title dated 1808 instead of 1807. Austin 117.