Author: Mercurio, Geronimo [also Girolamo] Scipione [1550 - 1616]
Title: La COMMARE O RICCOGLITRICE Del Eccmo. Sr. Scipion Mercurii Filosofo, Medico, e Cittadin Romano. Divisa in tre libri Ristampata correta et accresciuta Dall'istessa Autore
Description: Venetia: Apresso Gio. Bat. Ciotti, 1621. Period full vellum binding with hand-inked title to spine. Early 17th Century edition of a work that first appeared in 1596 (cf. Garrison & Morton 6144). [36], 256, 253 - 363 pp. 1st p. 256 misnumbered 356; 257 misnumbered 357. Books 2 & 3 have separate title-pages dated 1621 (though continuous registration). Engraved architectural title-page. 31 illustrations. Head- and tailpieces. Decorative woodblock initial capital letters. 4to: a^6 b^8 c^4 A - Z^8. 20 cm x 14.5 cm. Modest wear to binding. Old owner pencil notes to front eps. Old stain to lower right of each gathering's first 4 leaves. Withal, a VG copy. Per Garrison & Morton, "First Italian book on obstetrics. It is a work of importance for the study of the history of Caesarean section; in it Mercurio advocated the Caesarean operation in cases of contracted pelvis.".

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