Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 190

Price Realized: $ 195
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
LEVRET, ANDRÉ. Observations sur les Causes et les Accidens de Plusieurs Accouchemens Laborieux . . . Seconde Édition. Folding engraved plate. xvi, 170, [6] pages, including half-title and final blank. bound with his: Suite des Observations sur les Causes et les Accidens de Plusieurs Accouchemens Laborieux. 2 folding engraved plates. xxxvi, 427, [5] pages, including final blank. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 195x123 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact, bottom edge of front cover and opening leaves gnawed; contents generally clean, small tape repair on verso of plate in first work. Paris: Delaguette, 1750; 1751

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Levret introduced a curved obstetrical forceps for improved traction. "In his treatise Observations . . . Levret clearly proved the utility of the pelvic curve"--Cutter & Viets, page 63. Garrison-Morton 6153 (1747 original edition of the main work).