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The Birth of Mankinde, Othewyse Named the Womans Booke. Set foorth in English by Thomas Raynalde, and by Him Corrected and Augmented, [Gabriel Simson], for Richard Watkins, [1598]

The Library of the late Hugh Selbourne, M.D., Part One

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

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The Birth of Mankinde, Othewyse Named the Womans Booke. Set foorth in English by Thomas Raynalde, and by Him Corrected and Augmented, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, 9 pages of woodcut illustrations, some light stains, late early twentieth century calf [STC 21160; Durling 3911; Wellcome 28295055], small 4to (175 x 127mm.), [Gabriel Simson], for Richard Watkins, [1598]

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Influential work on obstetrics, based on an English translation of Roesslin's Der swangern Frawen und hebammen Rosegarten by Richard Jonas, and printed in the vernacular so "that the simplest mydwife which can read may both understand for her better instruction, and also other women that have neede of her helpe, the more commoditie" (Preface).

Provenance: Robert Watson, early inscription on title; "William ?Tess, surgeon, 22 High Street, Stockton, 1850", inscription on verso of title; E.F. Bosanquet, bookplate.

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