‎DEVENTER (H. de)‎
‎Observations importantes sur le manuel des accouchemens -- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE -- 2 PARTIES RELIEES EN UN VOLUME IN 4 (COMPLETE SET)‎

‎P., Cavelier, 1734, 2 PARTIES reliées en un volume in 4, plein veau, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), (petite épidermure à un mors, quelques rousseurs), 1ère partie : 39pp., (1pp.), 368pp., 2ème partie : pp. 369/431, (1pp.), 37 PLANCHES hors texte dont une dépliante et sur lesquelles sont représentées 40 figures‎

Reference : 1767

‎---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE (l'édition originale parut en hollandais en 1701) ---- "This work gives the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, and the effect of the latter in complicating labor". (Garrison N° 6253 1st german ed.) ---- Heirs of Hippocrates N° 678 : "Deventer, born at the Hague, may be numbered among the founders of modern obstetrics. As a practitioner in his native city, he directed his greatest efforts to the practice of midwifery and to the study of its many unsolved problems. He was also interested in orthopedics and spent a great deal of time studying the bones of the pelvis. It was through his investigations of the normal and deformed pelvis and their effects on the course of labor that he was able to make significant contributions to the science of midwifery"**1767/i1‎