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AN ESSAY ON THE MECHANISM OF PARTURITION, from the German
by NAEGELE, C.F. trans. Edward Rigby
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Callow and Wilson, 1829. 1st UK ed., 1st German -1822 . Cloth-backed grey boards. 11.5 Cms x 19 Cms. Main text-block is clean, unmarked and quite firm, though some gatherings incipiently opening, covers dull and a tad soiled in places, with grey paper begninning to lift from boards ina few places, edges relatively good for age, label missing from spine whichis very dull - text-block rating VG- for age, covers Fair+ only, their main merit being that they are quite secure and end-gutters both sound. xxiii+166+(2, pub,'s medical list), no illustrations, an 1852 gift inscription verso t.p., 3 very faint lines of pencilled note to rear end-paper which are virtually illegible. Preface states that the 1822 German edition was in pamphlet form and that Rigby, who had visited Naegele at University of Heidelberg, had used author's manuscripts as well in writing this translation, so it is in a sense a 'First thus' edition.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012000
- Title
- AN ESSAY ON THE MECHANISM OF PARTURITION, from the German
- Author
- NAEGELE, C.F. trans. Edward Rigby
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed grey boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK ed., 1st German -1822
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Callow and Wilson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- 11.5 Cms x 19 Cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- history of medicine gynaecoloy gynecology pregnancy midwifery
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