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OULD, Sir Fielding (1710-1789). A Treatise of Midwifry. Dublin: O. Nelson and C. Connor, 1742. 8° (197 x 115mm). With the initial imprimatur leaf, 2 engraved plates (a little spotting). Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: a few near contemporary marginalia -- James Diack, 1813 (signature on recto of imprimatur leaf and his wife's signature, 1812, on recto of plate 1) -- D. Spence (black stamp on recto of imprimatur leaf and G4r) -- Medical and Surgical Society of Aberdeen (black stamp on last page).
FIRST EDITION. 'The teaching of Ould did much towards the advancement of midwifery in the British Isles. His Treatise is the first text-book of obstetrics of any appearance in English', Garrison and Morton 6151; Wellcome IV, p.275; Blake p.334.
FIRST EDITION. 'The teaching of Ould did much towards the advancement of midwifery in the British Isles. His Treatise is the first text-book of obstetrics of any appearance in English', Garrison and Morton 6151; Wellcome IV, p.275; Blake p.334.
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