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A Practical Treatise On Midwifery: Exhibiting The Present Advanced State Of The Science. Translated from the French by Thomas Forest Betton, M. D. , and Edited by Paul B. Goddard, A. M. , M. D. with Eighty Plates, Comprising Numerous Seperate Illustrations.
by Moreau, F. J. [Francois Joseph], 1789-1862
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, for G. N. Loomis. Good+. 1844. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Lacks a quarter inch at both ends of spine, corners and bottom edge of boards showing, light scattered foxing, two inch damp stain in top outer corner on plates 59-66, plate 12 has a five inch tear. This is a tight all original copy.; Large 4to 12.5" tall; Publisher's blind stamped cloth with gilt title on front board, six pages of Carey & Hart ads preceed the text, 235p., 80 lithographed plates, with 40 sheets of text adjoining their plates. **American Imprint #44-4361. The lithographs were engraved on stone by S. Cichowski. With the bookplate of Henry S. Patterson (1815-1854) and the ink stamp of Osborne C. Camly. Patterson delivered the Valeldictory address to the graduates of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College. .
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- Janet & Henry Hurley
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55716
- Title
- A Practical Treatise On Midwifery: Exhibiting The Present Advanced State Of The Science. Translated from the French by Thomas Forest Betton, M. D. , and Edited by Paul B. Goddard, A. M. , M. D. with Eighty Plates, Comprising Numerous Seperate Illustrations.
- Author
- Moreau, F. J. [Francois Joseph], 1789-1862
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Carey & Hart, for G. N. Loomis
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- Midwifery, American Imprint, Medical, Provenance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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