GARDIEN, Claude Martin. Traité d'Accouchemens, de Maladies d - Lot 120

GARDIEN, Claude Martin. Traité d'Accouchemens, de Maladies de l'Education Médicinale des Enfans, et des maladies propres à cet âge. Paris, Crochard, 1807. 4 volumes in 4 vols. large in-12. Demi-basane lavallière, smooth spine decorated with gilt semis and irons, red title-pieces, yellow gutter and lower edges. XI+589, 604, 564, 531 pages. Lower spines of volumes 2 and 3 a little worn, gilding faded in places, some fine foxing. First edition of this rare treatise on gynecology and pediatrics. The first three volumes are devoted to women: menstrual disorders, nymphomania, difficult childbirths, hysteria, Caesarean sections, rape... the last to the education and diseases of children. Beautiful series in period binding.