[Obstetrics] Tractaet van de siektens der swangere vrouwen

en der gene die eerst gebaert hebben. Aenwysende de rechte en ware manier om de vrouwen in hare natuurlyke baringen wel te helpen (...). Door Francois Mauriceau (...). Uit het Frans vertaelt. Amsterdam, Albert Magnus, n.d. (1683), (14),408,(23) p., with 30 engraved images in the text, contemporary calf, 4to.

The engraved title page is missing, else a poor copy with serious dampstaining on the binding and wormholes in white inner margin. Sold with all faults. The first Dutch edition of this work by Mauriceau (1637-1709), that made obstetrics a science. The original French edition of this work, titled "Traité des Maladies des Femmes Grosses et Accouchées" appeared in 1668. With: 2 others on the Caesarian section. (total 3)