Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 223

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
LE BOURSIER DU COUDRAY, ANGÉLIQUE-MARGUÉRITE. Abrégé de l'Art des Accouchements . . . Nouvelle Édition. 26 engraved obstetrical plates, partly printed in color and hand-finished; lacks the portrait. viii, 185, [4] pages. 8vo, contemporary sheep gilt, spine ends expertly restored; title soiled, with modern owner's stamp, several plates browned. Châlons-sur-Marne: Bouchard, 1773
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Originally published without illustrations in 1759. "The 1769 edition was the first book on midwifery to appear with the plates printed in multiple colors"--Heirs of Hippocrates 919. Cutter & Viets, page 226.