[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce text on obstetrics. Brussels: 1782

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(MEDICINE) Herbiniaux, George. TRAITE SUR DIVERS ACCOUCHEMENS LOBORIEUX, ET 
SUR LES POLPES DE LA MATRICE; Ouvrage dans Lequel on Trouve la Description d’un 
Nouveau Levier. Imite de Celui de Roonhuysen, & Mis en Parallele avec le 
Forceps: Ainsi Que d’un Nouvel Instrument, Propre a la Ligature des Polypes, 
Approuve par l’Academie Royale de Chirurgie de Paris. Brussels: J. L. De Boubers. 
1782.   First edition.   Sm. 8vo. 2 vols in 1. xxiv,(9)-440;292pp. Illustrated 
with 4 copper engraved folding plates. Cont. mottled calf, gilt decorated 
spine with burgundy calf label. Spine & hinges chipped & rubbed, but still sound.  
   $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
Scarce text on obstetrics, particularly relating to complications in labor. A 
second edition was published in 1794.

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