Roesslin, Eucharius

8vo (152 x 92mm.), woodcut illustration on title-page, woodcut illustrations, contemporary limp vellum, some deckle edges, a few early annotations, binding slightly soiled, lacking both pairs of ties

early ownership inscription on upper cover; Francesco Porte, inscription on flyleaf; Hieronymus Forestus, doctor, inscription on title-page

VD16 R2861; cf. Eimas 200 (1551 edition)

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First Latin edition, translated from the original German text published in 1513. This is the first treatise to treat obstetrics as a separate subject in its own right. Roesslin was town physician in Worms with responsibility for the midwives, therefore he wrote in the vernacular as midwives were unlikely to be conversant with Latin. The illustrations depict the different ways a baby can lie in the womb.