A COMPENDIUM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY, Containing Practical Instructions for the Management of Women During Pregnancy, in Labour, and in Child-bed; Calculated to Correct the Errors, and to Improve the Practice of Midwives; .

Bard, Samuel

Published by Printed and Sold By Collins and Perkins, New York, NY, 1808

About this Item

New York, NY: Printed and Sold By Collins and Perkins. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1808. Early Edition with the same corrections as a First Edition. Hardcover. One-word ink correction on p. 62 (not on errata leaf) - consistent with First Edition conditions; 19 woodcuts; First textbook of midwifery by an American physician; "A COMPENDIUM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY, Containing Practical Instructions for the Management of Women During Pregnancy, in Labour, and in Child-bed; Calculated to Correct the Errors, and to Improve the Practice of Midwives; As well as to serve as an Introduction to the Study of this Art, for Students and Young Practitioners." . 12mo., 239pp., cover light shelf wear to edges and corners, some rubbing and bumping to corners and edges and spine tips, very light soiling, otherwise quite good; Former owner's signature on title page, edges of text block spotted/soiled, water stained to top edge of text block and front and rear pastedowns and free-endpapers, scattered foxing throughout text, one-word ink correction on p. 62 consistent with First Edition corrections (see photo). . Early Edition with the same corrections as a First Edition.

Seller Inventory # BOOKS341538

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A COMPENDIUM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY, Containing Practical Instructions for the Management of Women During Pregnancy, in Labour, and in Child-bed; Calculated to Correct the Errors, and to Improve the Practice of Midwives; .
• Publisher: Printed and Sold By Collins and Perkins, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Woodcuts
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medical-Midwifery