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Published by Imprensa Nacional, Lisboa [Lisbon], 1842
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xx, 154, vi p., 50 leaves of lithographed plates containing 196 illustrations; 26 cm. Rebacked retaining most of contemporary quarter calf with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; marbled paper over boards. Blue endpapers. Includes list of subscribers. The extremely scarce Portugese edition of Atlas der Geburtshülflicher Abbildungen, the important work of obstetrical plates by Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch, first published the previous year. This was the first such obstetrical work published in Portuguese. In Very Good Condition: corners of boards are rubbed; reback, as described; browning and foxing to both text and plates, heavy at times; otherwise clean and tight.