Aristotle's master-piece improved. : In four parts. Containing part I. Of marriages, and at what age young men, and virgins are capable of it. Part II. Of monsters, and monstrous births, and the several reasons thereof, with divers examples. Part III. What conception is; and what is pre-requisite thereto. Part IV. Directions for midwives how to assist women in the time of their labour; and how child-bearing women should be ordered in the time of their lying-in Adapted to the meanest capacities, and much more correct than any yet published. With contents to the whole.
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- [approximately 1731]
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About this work
Also known as
Aristotle's Masterpiece.
Aristotle improv'd
Aristotle improved
Publication/Creation
London : Printed, and sold by the booksellers, [approximately 1731]
Physical description
156 pages : illustrations ; 12mo (15 cm)
Contributors
References note
ESTC T504842
Notes
Not in fact by Aristotle; the attribution is spurious.
Title-page within a double ruled border.
In this edition the preface on page v begins with a woodcut initial and page 111 has first line of text with VVoman"; another edition has a factotum initial on page v and "Woman" on page111.
Frontispiece with illustration on recto and verso; verso titled at head: Aristotle improv'd.
Signatures: [A]⁶ B-G¹².
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/A/61976