Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 3,000
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BARD, SAMUEL. A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 19 wood-engraved text illustrations. 239, [1] pages. 12mo, 172x102 mm, contemporary sheep with roan lettering piece, joints worn and starting, spine ends and cover edges rubbed; contents heavily browned, small piece torn from blank outer margin of G2, 19th-century newspaper cutting with remedy for cramps pinned to rear free endpaper. New York: Collins and Perkins, 1807

Additional Details

first edition of the first textbook of obstetrics by an American author; first issue, with title dated 1807. Austin 116.