The compleat midwife's practice enlarged in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing a perfect directory or rules for midwives and nurses : as also a guide for women in their conception, bearing and nursing of children from the experience of our English authors, viz., Sir Theodore Mayern, Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Nich. Culpeper ... : with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter ... / by John Pechey ... ; the whole illustrated with copper plates.
- Pechey, John, 1655-1716
- Date:
- 1698
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Publication/Creation
London : Printed for H. Rhodes ... J. Philips ... J. Taylor ... and K. Bentley ..., 1698.
Physical description
16 unnumbered pages, 352 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait
Edition
The fifth edition corrected, and much enlarged.
References note
Wing P1022
Notes
"Rare secrets brought to light, which for many years were locked up in the breast of ... Sir Theodore Mayern ... London, 1696" (p. [291]-326) has special t.p.
The author's name appears after the edition statement.
Advertisement on p. [8]-[9].
Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 220:7) s1999 miun s