Containing the Master-piece,

(Midwifery.) ARISTOTLE'S WORKS:

Containing the Master-piece,

Directions for Midwives, and Counsel and Advice to Child-bearing Women. With various useful remedies.

Description: 3 copies, each with a colour printed frontispiece and additional title, 6 hand-coloured plates, and illustrations in the text, each pp. 352, 16mo, original cloth, all different, slight wear

Publication Details: Printed for the Booksellers [by John Smith, Tooley Street], c. 1850

Notes: Late flowerings of this hardy perennial, scarce. 2 of these, apart from the binding are identical: 1 in red cloth with a pictorially gilt spine, the other green cloth, also with a pictorially gilt spine, but not the same. The third is a different setting, still running to 352 pages, but the last the last 25 with 'Useful Remedies.' Also, the frontis[iece and extra title-page are different, the latter reading 'Medical Knowledge', and the printed title beginning 'The Works of the Famous Philosopher.'...moreLate flowerings of this hardy perennial, scarce. 2 of these, apart from the binding are identical: 1 in red cloth with a pictorially gilt spine, the other green cloth, also with a pictorially gilt spine, but not the same. The third is a different setting, still running to 352 pages, but the last the last 25 with 'Useful Remedies.' Also, the frontis[iece and extra title-page are different, the latter reading 'Medical Knowledge', and the printed title beginning 'The Works of the Famous Philosopher.' HIDE

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Price: £600

Subject: Sciences

Published Date: c. 1850

Stock Number: 62003

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