Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468
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Sale 2468 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 910
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
RÖSSLIN, EUCHARIUS. Den Rosegaert van de[n] bevruchten Vrouwen. Title in red and black with half-page woodcut of midwives attending pregnant woman; woodcut text illustrations. 1, 4-5, 8-94 [i. e., 95] leaves; lacks A2.7, A3.6, and final blank M8. Printed in black letter. 8vo, 129x82 mm, old vellum-backed boards, cover edges worn through; margins trimmed slightly entering text and illustration on C2r, contents toned, conspicuous dampstaining on opening leaves, title partly detached and heavily soiled with crude restoration in upper and lower margins, upper outer corner off next few leaves. (Kampen: Steven Joessen), circa 1550-75?
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Dutch version of Rösslin's 1513 Der swangern Frawen und hebammen roszgarten, the first printed manual of midwifery. Garrison-Morton 6138 (original edition). OCLC, USTC, and NSTC locate only the University of Amsterdam copy of this edition, lacking the title.