A treatise on the management of pregnant and lying-in women, . and the means of curing, but more especially of preventing the principal disorders to which they are liable. Together with some new directions concerning the delivery of the child and placenta in natural births. Illustrated with cases. By Charles White, ...
Charles White (1728 - 1813)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050034
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx,353,[1]p., 2 leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Author's presentation copy. Identified in 1768 catalogue (later entry): M.7 (3 in later hand).. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "For the Rt: Honble: the Countess Dowager of Stamford from the author". The Countess Dowager is presumably Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772). Bookplate (pasted over earlier plate): George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: Blue goatskin binding, with gilt fillet and roll descoration border on both boards; gilt roll patterns on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine with floral stamps, and green title label: 'White on lying-in women'. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Charles White (1728 - 1813)