Author: NUMAN, A.
Title: Handboek der Genees- en Verloskunde van het Vee, ingerigt naar de behoeften van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden; onder opzigt der Maatschappij: tot 't Nut van 't Algemeen vervaardigd. ...Tweede vermeerderde en verbeterde druk. Met Platen.
Description: Groningen, R.J.Schierbeek, 1826. Thick 8vo. W. 2 large fold. lith. pls. at the end ['Lith:Atelier van J.Jaeger']. Original grey-blue limp printed wrappers, spine dam., with loss of portions of the spine paper. [.....]. (668 , II (advert.) pp.). A mediocre copy of this second enlarged edition. Alexander Numan (1780 - 1852), practical medicine, veterinary medicine. The translation by his hand of Rohlwes book on veterinary medicine 'Handboek der Algemeene veeartsenijkunde', translated from the 3rd German edition in 1812, led to Numan's lifelong interest in veterinary medicine. At the request of the 'Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen' he wrote a textbook on veterinary medicine and obstetrics which apppeared for the first time in 1819 under the title 'Handboek der genees- en verloskunde van het Vee'. 'Numan has had great merits for the development of veterinary medicine in the Netherlands. He was a prolific writer and founded the periodical 'Het Veeartsenijkundig Magazijn' [6 vols. 1827 - 1847]...': BMN vol. I, 15 entries, not this title; see also vol. III, p. 560:

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