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[Obstetrics] JACOBS, Jan Bernard Vroedkundige oeffenschool [...]. Ghent, Vander Schueren, 4to: [20]-pp. (faint dampstain on upper magins of several quires and some on the pl). Contemp. calf (corners bumped and rubbed), central gilt coat of arms of Ghent on covers (some scratches touching the coat of arms on verso), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints rubbed, starting to split, def. at head and tail), marbled endpapers. Rare first edition of this important Dutch manual of obstetrics by J.B. Jacobs (1734-1790), dedicated to the "heeren de vier roeden" and vassals of the castellany of "Auderburg van Gend". Ill. with full-page numb. engr. pl. (2 folding) by Tiberghien and L.J. Wauters. Woodcut ill. on title. Ref. Bibl. gant. - Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:- Blake - Wellcome III:- STCV. - Jonghe d'Ardoye II:- Not in BL London, BnF.