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ARISTOTLE, falsely attributed to. Aristotle's New Book of Problems, set forth by Way of Question and Answer... Third Edition. [10], 152, [4] (of

ARISTOTLE, falsely attributed to. Aristotle's New Book of Problems, set forth by Way of Question and Answer... Third Edition. [10], 152, [4] (of [6]) pages, including engraved frontispiece with bookseller's ads on recto (top line of ads cropped) and 2 (of 3) ad leaves at end; lacks last ad leaf * Aristotle's Compleat and Experienced Midwife. In Two Parts. I. Guide for Child-Bearing Women in the Time of their Conception... II. Proper and Safe Remedies for the Curing all those Distempers that are incident in the Female Sex... Made English by W---- S----, M.D. The Eleventh Edition. 165, [3] pages, including woodcut frontispiece showing childbirth scene; lacks the folding plate. Together, 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary sheep, second binding with covers warped and joints cracked at top; first work has some headlines cropped, second has early owner's inscriptions on title verso and page 120, and clean tear across F5. London: W. G. for John Marshall and Joseph Marshall, circa 1708-25; Printed and Sold by the Booksellers, [1760?]

  • Notes: The first work is not in ESTC. The second is one of 2 distinct "eleventh" editions published circa 1760, of which ESTC locates only the NLM and University of Texas/Moody Medical Library copies of the edition offered here, and only the British Library copy of the other.

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