BLONDEL, J.(A.)

Natuurkundige verhandeling wegens het vermoogen der inbeelding van zwangere vrouwen op haar vrucht. Uit het Engelsch...door J.van der Hulst.

Rotterdam, Hermanus Kentlink, 1737. Contemp. limp patterned paper brds. (Top and bottom of spine, paper gone over ca. 4 - 5 cm; ). (XVI, 160, XVIII [contents, etc.; book catalogue Kentlink on 5 leaves] pp.). (Uncut). (Ex bibliotheca 'Van der Hoeven'; w. his signature in ink.). BMN I, 343: Blake 51: Hirsch I, 574: ...., bekämpft ...energisch den Aberglauben von den Wirkungen der Einbildungskraft der Mutter, des sog. 'Versehens', auf die Bildung des Fötus: On J. van der Hulst see DMB column 940, where Lindeboom quotes a few other translations by van der Hulst. First and only dutch edition.

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Book number: 2273

Keywords: midwifery gynaecology medicine obstetrics pregnancy behandelen W54

BLONDEL, D.- divination.- 1649

Des Sibylles célèbrées tant par l'antiquité payenne que par les Saincts Pères, discours traittant des noms & du nombre des Sibylles...

Charenton, Par la Veufve L.Perier & N. Perrier, demeurans à Paris rue Neufue Saincte Anne, près le Palais, au Roy de Suede, 1649. 4to. W. woodc.vignet o.t. Contemp. clf., spine gilt, lower outer hinge weak, upper outer hinge splitting, corners badly rubb./ bumped. [...]. (XVI, 515, I pp.). (w.some old. [18th c?] ms. notes in the margins; lf. 213 rep. no loss of text.). (Throughout medium to heavy browning of the text.). Biogr.Univ. II, 341: B. (1591-1655) was a protestant minister and scholar. He succeeded Vossius as prof. of history at Amsterdam: Caillet I, 1235: 'Rare': Thorndike VIII, 476: Most arts of divination were only of interest as relics of classical antiquities. Books on this subject continued to be written in the 17th century:

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Book number: 3563

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BLONDEL, FR.- Balneology.-

Thermarum Aquisgranensium et Porcetanarum descriptio. Congruorum quoque ac salubrium usuum Balneationis & Potationis elucidatio. Accedunt probe thermarum Acquisgranensium.

Trajecti ad Mosam [Maastricht], Apud Jacobum du Preys, 1685. W. small woodc. vignet on title. W. engr. front. and 13 pls. (of 14, 3 fold). Contemp. vellum. (XXIV, 208, XIIpp.). (Upper paste down bookseller's ticket Paul Hoeber, New York; Round red leather bookplate, gilt, depicting a flower, giltlettered 'A' & 'h' ?). Second edition of this publication [first 1671] on the healing properties of the waters of Aachen. Wellcome vol. II, p. 182: Comp. Waller, 1150; In spite of the missing plate a rare booklet.

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Book number: 3995

Keywords: chemistry spas incomplete behandelen Vireg

BLUME, CARL LUDWIG

BIJDRAGEN tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indië, [Kruidkundige waarnemingen], uitgegeven door C.L.Blume M.D., Commissaris voor den burgerlijken geneeskundigen dienst, Directeur van 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg, Enz. (3de Stuk.) [4de, 5de, 6de Stuk.).

Batavia, Ter Lands Drukkerij, 1825. 8vo. 4 parts. In the original lightcol. printed wrappers, all covers w. decorated typogr. borders, covers surface soiled. (Spines w. portions of paper gone, imperf.). See our stock Blume's 'Catalogus plantentuin 1823' for further biogr. details on Blume. NNBW VIII, 132/33: Blume (1798 - 1862) Chief physician of the Dutch East Indies, Director of the botanical gardens at Buitenzorg and the botanical collection at Leiden. 'Important are his "Bijdragen" with the description of 150 new plant species.': Nissen, p. 232: Junk, Bibl. Bot. 5326: 'Vollständige Reihen dieser alten Sammlung sind AUSSERORDENTLICH selten.': Sian Nio Tan, p. 68, 105/6, 250: The descriptions of the plant specimen often include indications of their pharmaceutical use and effect. With the first list of orchids to be found on Java.

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Book number: 12469

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BLUME, CARL LUDWIG

BIJDRAGEN tot de flora van Nederlands Indië. Uitgegeven door C.L.Blume, M.D., Commissaris voor den Burgerlijken Geneeskundigen Dienst, Directeur van 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg, enz. 1ste (-17e) Stuk.

Batavia, Ter Lands Drukkerij, 1825. - 1826. 17 parts bound in 2 late 19th c. half clf. vols., spines in 4 compartments, some gilt-tooling. (X, 1169 pp.). (Of which pages 721/24 & 729/30 of part 13 in contemp. handwriting; 20 lvs. of additional notes in handwriting at the end of the 4th part (these lvs. browned); library stamp on titles 1st and 11th part, some marginal annots.; pp. 336/60, 535/40 some sl. watersp. in the upper margin; 11 lvs. part 17 (pages 1067 - 87 inner margin) badly watersp.). See Blume's 'Catalogus Plantentuin 1823' for further biogr. details on Blume. NNBW VIII, 132/33: Blume (1798 - 1862) Chief physician of the Dutch East Indies, Director of the botanical gardens at Buitenzorg and the botanical collection at Leiden. 'Important are his "Bijdragen" with the description of 150 new plant species.': Nissen, p. 232: Junk, Bibl. Bot. 5326: 'Vollständige Reihen dieser alten Sammlung sind AUSSERORDENTLICH selten.': Sian Nio Tan, p. 68, 105/6, 250: The descriptions of the plant specimen often include indications of their pharmaceutical use and effect. With the first list of orchids to be found on Java.

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Book number: 532

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BLUME, CARL LUDWIG

Catalogus van eenige der merkwaardigste zoo in- als uit-heemsche gewassen, te vinden in 's lands plantentuin te Buitenzorg. Opgemaakt door C.L.Blume M.D., directeur van voorz. tuin.

(Batavia, Gedrukt ter Landsdrukkery, 1823. ). 8vo. W. 1 engr. folding plate before the title (A.I.Bik fec. et sc.). Original pr. brds, spine, hinges and edges (badly) rubbed. (Lower cover w. 2 dutch 20 ct stamps and postal address of 'De Heer A. Weitgand' in Düsseldorf). (112, I (additional note to fold. engr. plate), I (Blank) pp. Pritzel 839 & p. 456: Not in V.d. Chys: Not in Smith Diehl, Printing in Batavia: Lindeboom, Dutch Medical Biography, p. 169/70: 'Before 1823 Blume went to Java as inspector of vaccination; he came to work under Reinwardt, whom he also assisted in the management of " 's Lands Plantentuin" at Buitenzorg (founded by Reinwardt). For reasons of health he repatriated in 1826; in the same year he was appointed director of the State Herbarium whereto plants collected by himself and others were transported. The Herbarium was first set up at Brussels, but, after the Belgian rising, transferred to Leiden, where the control remained entrusted to Blume, ...': NNBW VIII, 132: Rare first edition of Blume's first publication. In 22 classes (pp. 29 to end) Blume describes a total of appr. 1300 exotic plants (The Hortus at Buitenzorg even boasted species which grew at high altitudes in Bengalen, Japan, China and Isle de France), indicating the species/genera on the left, followed by initials "W","P", "RS", "R" or "Bl" referring to further descriptions found in Wildenow's "Species Plantarum', in Persoon's "Synopsis Plantarum", in Roemer en Schultes "Species Plantarum", described by Professor Reinwardt (Founder of the Hortus), or described and annotated by Blume himself. The third column gives the local name in the Sunda language, phonetically transcribed by Blume and as a result not always spelled correctly. The engraved folding plate by A. Bik, who according to Blume (Page 8 of his preface) shows here his "eerste proeve in de graveer-kunst" (His first test in the art of engraving).: J. de Loos - Haaxman, "Verlaat Rapport", pp. 19 - 30: A.J.Bik accompanied Reinwardt to Batavia in October 1815, stopping on the way on the Cape where he remained for 6 months. In Batavia he was joined by his brother J.Th. Bik and a year later A.Payen joined them. The brothers Bik were draughtsmen and Payen was a painter.: Bastin/Brommer, p. 313 & i.l.c.: 'A.J.Bik was the first person known to have been active in the field of lithographic illustration in Indonesia ...Bik himself had been drawn into the field of printed illustration in 1823, when he provided 6 uncoloured etched plates for C.L.Blume botanical article in Vol. IX of the "Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap". ... the plates by Bik are generally good.'.

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Book number: 486

Keywords: planten guide botany Brk

BLUMENBACH, J.FR. [Transl. J.A.Bennet, G. van Olivier]

Hand Boek der Natuurlijke Historie of Natuur - Geschiedenis ...uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald, vermeerderd en ten dienste vooral der Nederlanders ingericht, door J.A. Bennet en G. van Olivier. Met afbeeldingen [2 pls.]

Leyden, bij L. Herdingh, 1802. 8vo. W. 2 engr. fold. pls. [between pp. 1060 - 1061]. In contemp. half clf. over marbled brds., w. red spine label giltlettered. (Lower inner hinge splitting, but bookblock firmly attached to covers.). (XXII [of XXIV, probably lacks a front.), 1027, 1028 - 1059 (Index), 1060 - 1062 (Errata) pp.). (Topmargin printed title faint remains of removed stamp, reinforced.). Very nice copy of this popular book encompassing all aspects of the world of natural history.

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Book number: 4659

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BLUMENBACH, J. FR.

Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie.

Göttingen, H. Dieterich, 1805. W. engr. portr. on title (Demokritos) and 8 engr. pls. Contemp. brds. w. spine label. (XVI, 549, I (errata) pp.). Hirsch I, 576/8: DSB II, 203/5: '...this textbook was without question a milestone in the history of this subject.': G&M, 312: 'Blumenbach, physiologist and anthropologist, was prof. of medicine at Göttingen. He was the first to show the value of comparative anatomy in the study of anthropology; his classic text went through many eds. ....': Comp. H.of H. 694 (ed. 1815): Waller, 1163: Wellcome II, 183: Norman Coll., 252: 'Blumenbach believed -most probably correctly- ....that this textbook...was the first to treat 'the entire area of anatome comparata.': First edition.

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Book number: 2236

Keywords: physiology anthropologie German

BLUMENBACH, J.FR.

Institutiones physiologicae. Editio tertia auctior et emendatior.

Gottingae, Apud Henr. Dieterich, 1810. 8vo. W. engr. vign. on printed title [6.5 x 6 cm engr. surface, signed] and 4 engr. pls. ['Mark' or 'M'sculp.] Contemp. grey paste paper brds., the paper covering overall rubbed, on spine more so resulting in loss of surface part of paper.; Yet in good original condition. [*8, A-Z8, Aa-Mm8]. (XV,I [errata], 560 pp.). Complete with half title. In good original paste paper binding. Paper with ample blank margins. Garrison p. 320/321: Hirsch Vol. I pp.576-577: Blumenbach regarded physiology as the basis of the modern science of medicine and his investigations into the forces of life generation and embryology are of great value. At the end the famous observations on the characteristics and varieties of mankind.

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Book number: 8478

Keywords: Anatomy species W21

BLUMENBACH, J. FR.

Introductio in historiam medicinae litterariam.

Goettingae, Apud Jo. Christ. Dieterich, 1786. 8vo. W. engr. vign on printed title. Contemp. marbled brds., w. orange titleshield (chipped), spine ends, outer hinges, edges and corners overall some rubbing. [*8, A-Z8, Aa-Ee8, Ff7]. (XVI, 462 [450-462 index & errata] pp.). (THroughout some light foxing.). (Bookplate on upper paste down 'Exlibris dr. Alfred Ferge' (signed 'H'). G&M 6749: Waller 18110: Wellcome II, 183: Blake 51: Annotated, chronologically arranged subject bibliography, not only on medicine as the title suggests, but on related fields as well, i.e. botany, natural history, chemistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine etc. Not the first attempt to make such a subject classification, but certainly one of the pioneering works of this type. Extensive author index. Up to the year 1785.

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Book number: 6201

Keywords: bibliografie science ideas books medical reference handbook W12

BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.- ADRIAN SEVIN [Transl.].- ANNE DE HUMIERES.-

Le Philocope de Messire Iehan Boccace Florentin, Contenãt 'lhistoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur, divise en sept livres traduictz d'Italien en Francoys par Adrian Sevin gentilhomme de la maison de monsieur de Gié.

Paris, On les vend ... par Denys Ianot imprimeur & Librayre, 1542. [achevé February 24]. In folio. W. woodc. printer's mark ["thistle"] of Janot [comp. Renouard 480 for a similar device, not the same block, however]vertical mottoes 'Patere aut abstine. Nul ne sy frotte'. In the text 36 woodcut ills. (one large woodcut on leaf 50) including repeats, printed from [according to Mortimer, see below] 15 blocks. All woodcuts printed within a variety of strip borders containing coats of arms. 18th century mottled clf., older and expertly executed rebacking, the original spine laid down, corners repaired, skillfully executed hand sewn head-bands, blue silk reading ribbon. (Edges of covers gilttooled, partially less visible due to restauration.). (Leather on the covers acidified.). [a6, A - Z6, AA - FF6]. (Quire S4 missigned R4). (6 lvs., 174 lvs.). (I-II), III - VI, 2nd I to CLXXIIII). (Misfoliations: XXI as XXIII; XLVII as XLI; XLVIII as XLIII; LXIII as LXII; LXXVII as LXXII; CIIII as CIII; CXVII as CXVIII; CXLIII as CXLIIII; CXLIIII as CXLI; CLXXII as CLXVIII). (Misprinting: XIX as XIXIII; LIIII as LIII1). (XII, 348 pp.). (leaf 164 [EEii] lower righthand corner a vague watersp., idem for EE (v, vi) and FF i - (vi)). (Inner hinges splitting, but holding firm.). (All edges marbled.). (Title and first lvs. some contemp. annots. in ink, throughout the text some inkspots, some ink smudges, a very small pinhole wormh. top inner blank margin. (Bookplate Firmin Didot on upper paste down; small libr. stamp and inscr. in ink on title, see explanation of provenance below; small drawing in ink on E6 recto, lf. XXX.). (Edges of bookblock marbled.). (The marbling on occasion 'leaking through' onto the blank margin of the paper, see for example leaf H1 recto, leaf XLIII). First edition in French translation of Boccaccio's early prose novel "Filocolo". The translation was made by Adrien Sevin, secretary to François Duc de Rohan. 'In his dedication to Madame Claude de Rohan, Sevin exposes the historical background of the story of Florio and Biancafiore and the romantic circumstances of its composition, then continues with an adaptation of Luigi da Porto's novella "Giulietta e Romeo". Although Sevin knew Italian well, he altered the names found in the original text, the lovers for instance becoming Halquadrich and Burglipha, and the scene being shifted from Verona to 'Morée', at 'Coron'.: Stephen Rawles, 'Denis Janot (fl. 1529 - 1544), Parisian Printer and Bookseller. A Bibliography', item 164, pp. 455 - 459. ' Harvard French, 105, pp. 136 - 137, 'Janot's thistle device ... on the title-page. Thirty-five woodcuts, by repetition of 15 blocks, 2 1/4 inch x 3, and one larger 5 3/8 x 3 1/4, all printed within a variety of strip borders containing coats of arms. The blocks and borders are from the series designed for the 1540 Janot Amadis de Gaula [see Mortimer nr. 18]. Tory "lettres fleuries" initials and a few criblé initials. Roman letters, italic marginalia.': H. Hauvette, 'Les plus anciennes traductions françaises de Boccace (xive - xviie siecle) [Bordeaux, 1909], pp. 13 - 17: On aii verso a dedicatory poem to the reader by Nicolas de Herberay, translator of the 'Amadis'. On the same page 2 further annots. in ink in the blank margin 'ou vas tu cher seur' ; A number of inscriptions on the title page indicating provenance of Anne de Humieres, comtesse de Chaulnes, sister of the Marquis d'Ancre (16th century), lower blank margin for example: 'Ce livre apartiens a madame anne de humieres contaise de chaune gouvernante'. In a different hand six lines of verse: "Je veux aymer se nom // Jusques en fin de ma vie // Françoise, je te prie // Me monstrer un raion // Du soleil sobsz lequel // Mon âmie est aseruie. //: On the title, leaf E1 recto, the ink stamp of Armand Charles Daniel, Comte de Firmasz-Pierez (1770 - 1828), on the front paste down the label of Ambroise Firmin Didot date 1850 (Sale Paris 1883, lot 386).: Bibl. Nationale (1975 exhibition) Boccace en France, 132: Gatherode, P.M., 'The French translators of Boccaccio' in "Italica" 46 (1969), pp. 300 - 309.: Brunet, also suppl. I.142: Omont, 'Janot', nr. 125: Brun, p. 158: Not in Murray, Rotschild: A lovely string of provenances.

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Book number: 1096

Keywords: floris presentation literature blancefleur association 16th c inscribed copy NVVA2018 Brk

BOCCALINI, T. [= FABRICIUS, J. Albert?]

De ratione status imperii galliaeque circa pacem Noviomagensem, discursus.

Veronae, no publ., 1680. 12mo.[13 x 8cm]. Very nice modern brown blindst. clf., spine in compartments, gilt. (48 pp.). (Pr. title upper blank margin some soiling; last leaf overall some soiling.). Boccalini (1556-1613) was an Italian satirist who wrote many political works, Governor of some of the Pontifical States. Much of his work was published posthumously, but since the peace of Nijmegen between France and Spain was made in 1678, 65 years after Boccalini's death, there appears to be somebody else hiding behind this name (Comp. Holzmann-Boh., 36). On Boccalini see Biogr. Univ. vol. I, p. 352: On Johan Albert Fabricius see BN, cat. of printed books, vol. 49, c. 285 - 299.:

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Book number: 4859

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BODONI.- RENOUARD.- HANDWERCK, J.G.- A.L.S.- 1798

Autograph letter opening top left 'Paris, Le Citoyen Renouard l'ainé', top right: 'Parme ce / le 14 Aout 1798'. Signed 'Jean George Handwerck'. The recipient is the famous French bibliographer, bibliophile and collector A.A. Renouard. In the well written letter Handwerck, Director of the l'imprimerie Royale, mentions a number of Bodoni editions, recently produced and / or in the process of printing: 'Je viens de faire une très belle edition de Boethius Consolatione Philosophiae in grand in 4to et in 4o piccolo. cette edition dont on n'a tiré que 300 exemplaires [4to] e 200 in [4to piccolo] est LA PLUS BELLE DE TOUS LES OUVRAGES sortis des presses de cette imprimerie... J'imprime actuellement la traduction italienne de Varchi de cet ouvrage... J'ai réimprimé Characterum Ethicorum Theophrasti Eresii Capita Amadutia 1. volume in 4o... '. He sends 'Le Baptisterre' [Christening gift?] from his friend Feneulle to Citoyen Regnault. The Cossali arithmetica not printed yet.

Parma, autograph, 1798. 4to. 1 sheet recto w. text and remains of red lacquer seal, verso w. address and postal markings in ink. [Meas. appr. 19.7 x 24. 2 cm]. Folded once into letter format of 8.7 x 10.7 cm. Some damage to righthand corner w. loss of a few letters, due to opening of seal. 24 lines of text in a fine, legible hand. Verso w. small collectors mark 'HLsrköln' [Heinrich Kaspar Lempertz Sr., see Lugt Marques des Collections, vol. I, item 1337; At least 11 auctions between 1905 and 1910; Associate and successor of the imprimerie-librairie Heberle in Cologne.). (Recto lower left 2 lines in different hand, probably Renouard's, '3 horaces in 8o de quoi completer un aldin [?] Gr. ... [?] (4to?]. Giambattista Bodoni [1740 - 1830], typographer, type designer, compositor, printer & founder of the world renowned printing & publishing house Bodoni in Parma. His type face designs and his compositor's work, reached an unrivalled degree of perfection, to some even to the point of mechanical perfection, resulting in a sterile and cold appearance. This letter written in autograph by J. George Handwerck, Bodoni's right hand man, Director of the firm & most important contributor to the business. See: Valerie Lester, Giambattista Bodoni: his life and his world [Jaffrey, Godine, 2015], esp. 'A letter from Jean George Handwerck', p. 149: See also: John Henry Nash, 'Giambattista Bodoni of Parma [2018], Pedro M. Catedra, G.B.Bodoni [2013], ...: WEISS, Katalog 11, [München, 1926], booksellers catalogue w. 546 Bodoni items 1769 - 1813, the books mentioned in the letter to Renouard being items, 308, 309, 88 [Originally 1787, reprinted 1798] : On A.A. Renouard [1765 - 1853], famous librarian, researcher and bibliographer. Antoine Augustin Renouard is best known for his [still valuable] works 'Catalogue d'un bibliothèque d'un amateur' [1819], his important work on the publications of the Aldine Press 'Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde' [1803 - 1812; 1825, and Idem his description of the works printed by Estienne 'Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne' [1837, 1843]: H.C.Brooks, 'Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane' [Firenze, 1927; reprint Martino ca. 1994 and 2004], item 724 for the Boethius; .... The 'Citoyen Regnault', an acquaintance of Renouard, is probably Jean - Baptiste Regnault [1754 - 1829] painter and engraver, see Thieme-Becker, vol. XVIII, p. 87. On Feneulle, Handwerck's friend, no further information.

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Book number: 10250

Keywords: private Marriott2019 autographs signature

BOER, L.J.- Potgieter, A. [ed.]

Over de putrefactie der bezwangerde baarmoeder. Naar het Hoogduitsch...met waarnemingen en aanteekeningen vermeerderd door A. Potgieter.

Leiden, J.W. van Leeuwen, 1824. Limp brds. (VIII, 140, I (err.) pp.). BMN I, 346: First Dutch ed.: Fasbender 268/273, a.o.pl.: See G&M 6160: 'Boer, a pioneer of 'natural childbirth', was the founder of the Viennese school of obstetrics.': Translator's pres.copy.

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Book number: 2335

Keywords: gynaecology womb Vienna medicine Doos9

BOËR, L.J.

Sieben Bücher über natuerliche Geburtshilfe.

Wien, v. Ghelen, 1834. Contemp. hlf.clf., gilt. (Hinges split). (VIII, 469, I pp.). Hirsch vol. I, p. 507: Fasbender 268/273, a.o.pl.: "B. hat unsterbliche Verdienste um die 'natürliche Geburtshilfe' ...in Bezug auf praktische Wirksamkeit, als den bedeutendsten 'Reformator der Geburtshülfe' (zu) bezeichnen.": Comp. G&M 6160: B., a pioneer of 'natural childbirth', was the founder of the Viennese school of obstretics.": First ed.

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Book number: 2274

Keywords: obstetrics midwifery gynaecology medicine binden! W37