Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

204 ● BARD, SAMUEL. A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 19 wood-engraved text illustrations. 239, [1] pages. 12mo, 172x102 mm, contemporary sheep with roan lettering piece, joints worn and starting, spine ends and cover edges rubbed; contents heavily browned, small piece torn from blank outer margin of G1, 19th-century newspaper cutting with remedy for cramps pinned to rear free endpaper. NewYork: Collins and Perkins, 1807 [400/600] FIRST EDITION of the first textbook of obstetrics by an American author; FIRST ISSUE , with title dated 1807.Austin 116. 205 ● BRISSOT, PIERRE. De vena seccanda tum in pleuritide tum in aliis viscerum inflammationibus libellus apologeticus. 206 [i. e., 188] leaves. 8vo, 155x104 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink, ties lacking, recased, endpapers renewed; intermittent heavy browning and marginal dampstaining, blank lower outer corner of A8 restored. (Venice: Bartolomeo Zanetti), 1539 [300/500] Fourth edition of Brissot’s controversial 1525 treatise advocating bloodletting near the site of a complaint in accordance with Hippocratic and Galenic doctrine, rather than far away from it as taught in Arab medicine.The 1539 letter on venesection by AndreasVesalius was the first attempt to clarify the matter on anatomical grounds. Durling 710. 206 ● CORTESE, ISABELLA. I Secreti. [16], 206, [2] pages, including final blank. 8vo, 144x97 mm, contemporary limp vellum with marbled paper over spine, front cover stained, rear cover chipped along bottom edge; occasional heavy browning, opening leaves dog-eared, dark stains on F1, front endpapers renewed. Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1619 [300/500] Later edition of a popular 1561 collection of recipes for medicinal, cosmetic, household, and other preparations. Krivatsy 2748. MEDICINE, continued 205 204