MAURITIUS (Francis) - PORTAL (Paul). Treated the diseases of fat women and those who have recently given birth. Geneva: Jacques Dentant, 1693. - 3 parts in one volume in-4, marbled basane, decorated spine with nerves, speckled edges (18th century binding). New revised and enlarged edition of this treatise on obstetrics first published in 1664, the work of the most famous midwife of the 17th century, François Mauriceau (1637-1709), the first doctor to present methodically and clearly all aspects of the art of childbirth and the doctor-acoucheur, a native of Montpellier, Paul Portal (1630-1703). The edition is divided into 3 parts, respectively entitled : The Practice of childbirth supported by a large number of observations composed by Paul Portal. - Traité des maladies des Femmes grosses, & de celles nouvellement accou accouchés, by Mauriceau. - Dissertation on the Generation of Animals. The illustration consists of a frontispiece, dated 1682, of 17 plates, of which 14 engraved on copper and 3 engraved on wood, and 17 engravings in the text, of which 16 on wood and 1 on copper. These plates and figures are found only in the Treaty of Mauriceau. The parts, each with its own pagination, are sometimes in a different order. Flattened caps, blunt corners, a few epiderminations. Scattered freckles, galleries of multi-leaf worms, with damage to the text.