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AN ESSAY ON THE MECHANISM OF PARTURITION,: from the German of C. F. Naegelè, Professor of Midwifery at Heidelberg.
by [MIDWIFERY]; RIGBY, M.D., Edward (translator); NAEGELÈ, C. F.:
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
London: Callow and Wilson., 1829. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the translator. 12mo. Contemporary half plum calf over marbled boards; the spine with four raised bands, compartments richly decorated in gilt, and with morocco title label lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Marbling to page edges. A very good copy indeed, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the boards and extremities. The contents with some light scattered foxing to the preliminary pages are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. A handsome copy. Signed and inscribed by Edward Rigby in black ink to the half title page: "Mr Thomas Salt, a prize at / the weekly Examination of the / Midwifery Class at St Bartholomew's / Hospital, from the Translator / June 1. 1844". The first English translation of one of the key works on obstetrics by the renowned German obstetrician Franz Karl Naegele (1778-1851). A nice association copy, presented by the translator, the leading obstetrician, medical writer, and first President of the Obstetrical Society of London, Edward Rigby (1804-1860), in his capacity as the examiner of the midwifery class at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1118
- Title
- AN ESSAY ON THE MECHANISM OF PARTURITION,
- Author
- [MIDWIFERY]; RIGBY, M.D., Edward (translator); NAEGELÈ, C. F.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Callow and Wilson.
- Date Published
- 1829
- Keywords
- Signed Books|Science & Medicine
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Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie.
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
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- Calf
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- Association Copy
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