Midwives Book 1600. With 74 Woodcuts by Jost Amman and Others.

Description: Article detailsMidwifery book, from which one can learn all the ins and outs of the female sex, in what form a human being is conceived, grown and born in the mother's womb, and also how one can treat and help with precious medical knowledge all kinds of illnesses that easily occur in childbirth. But now newly improved, decorated with beautiful figures: together with a useful appendix, on the treatment and care of newborn children. (Rueff, Jacob): Frankfurt/Main by Johann Saurn, 1600. 21x16cm. 4 lbs., 259 pages, 2 lbs. With title woodcut (Wochenstube) and 73 woodcuts, some full-page in size, by Jost Amman and others on half-parchment in the style of the time. Language: German Order number: 142699 Remarks: *VD16 R 3579. Garrison/Morton 6141. Becker, Amman, 106f. - The most popular and best-known work of the Zurich city doctor. It was first printed in Zurich in 1554 as "Ein schon lustig Trostbüchle" and shortly afterwards in the Latin translation as "De conceptu et generatione hominis". The Frankfurt publisher Siegmund Feyerabend then published the first illustrated edition in 1580, supplemented with a forty-page appendix "another part of this midwife's book" on infant care. Further identical-page editions followed in 1588 and 1600. The famous woodcuts (some by Jost Amman) show childbirth, the maternity ward, the positions of the child, the birthing stool, gynecological instruments; but also monsters and deformities. - The first 2 sheets with minor edge wear at the bottom, some pages slightly finger-stained at the bottom. Overall, however, a clean and fairly well-preserved complete copy. Tags: Obstetrics Midwives VAT)Free shipping within GermanyMore imagesRecorded with whBOOKItem listed with the w+h GmbH eBay service Data and images powered by Book lover (2024-07-05)Frankfurt/Main by Johann Saurn, 1600. 21x16cm. 4 lbs., 259 pages, 2 lbs. With title woodcut (Wochenstube) and 73 woodcuts, some full-page in size, by Jost Amman and others on half-parchment in the style of the time. Language: GermanOrder number: 142699Remarks: *VD16 R 3579. Garrison/Morton 6141. Becker, Amman, 106f. - The most popular and best-known work of the Zurich city doctor. It was first printed in Zurich in 1554 as "Ein schon lustig Trostbüchle" and shortly afterwards in the Latin translation as "De conceptu et generatione hominis". The Frankfurt publisher Siegmund Feyerabend then published the first illustrated edition in 1580, supplemented with a forty-page appendix "another part of this midwife's book" on infant care. Further identical-page editions followed in 1588 and 1600. The

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