Albertus Magnus (c. 1200-1280) & Bartholomaeus Metlinger. Der Weyber Natürliche Heymlichaiten. Augsburg: Henrich Steiner, 1531. Quarto, A-G4 (final leaf G4 blank & present) title with woodcut depicting the childbirth room, with the mother in bed in the background, and a man serving her; a female helper near the foot of the bed, holding an earthenware pot; and the midwife in the foreground washing the new baby in a tub; a large woodcut depicting two doctors on A2; bound in modern half parchment brown paper-covered boards, 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. This rare work on child care and pediatrics was first published under Metlinger's name in 1473. Instructions for midwives attributed to Albertus Magnus are also included, along with a short treatise attributed to Isocrates. Waller 314; not in Garrison-Morton or Wellcome. Additional Images Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.
Albertus Magnus (c. 1200-1280) & Bartholomaeus Metlinger. Der Weyber Natürliche Heymlichaiten. Augsburg: Henrich Steiner, 1531. Quarto, A-G4 (final leaf G4 blank & present) title with woodcut depicting the childbirth room, with the mother in bed in the background, and a man serving her; a female helper near the foot of the bed, holding an earthenware pot; and the midwife in the foreground washing the new baby in a tub; a large woodcut depicting two doctors on A2; bound in modern half parchment brown paper-covered boards, 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. This rare work on child care and pediatrics was first published under Metlinger's name in 1473. Instructions for midwives attributed to Albertus Magnus are also included, along with a short treatise attributed to Isocrates. Waller 314; not in Garrison-Morton or Wellcome. Additional Images Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.
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