MIDWIFERY GIFFARD (WILLIAM) Cases in Midwifery, 3 folding engraved plates, early ink annotation beside one case study, blindstamp on title, contemporary calf, gilt morocco spine label, spine worn with loss to headband [Blake, p.175; Garrison & Morton 6156.3], B. Motte, T. Wotton, L. Gilliver, and J. Nourse, 1734--CULPEPER (NICHOLAS) The Directory for Midwives: Or, a Guide for Women, in Their Conception, Bearing, and Suckling their Children, title within typographical border, engraved portrait frontispiece, one engraved plate, browning, loss to blank upper margin of frontispiece, small paper flaw touching a couple of letters on one leaf, blindstamp on title and plate, nineteenth century half calf, rebacked [Krivatsy 2957], Printed by Peter Cole, 1651--GRAAF (REGNERUS DE) De mulierum organis generationi inservientibus tractatus novus, engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the author, 27 engraved plates (some folding), blindstamp on title, vellum, Leiden, Ex officina Hackiana, 1672, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (3) Footnotes: Three classic works on obstetrics and midwifery. Giffard's work includes a series of 225 case studies of difficult deliveries, containing the first published descriptions of the use of obstetric forceps. The first edition of Culpeper's Directory is rare, with no copy listed on Rare Book Hub since 1938. Provenance: First item, early ink inscription 'it would have been better practice to have left this labour to nature', beside Case 98. 'A Delivery, the Child presenting with the head foremost'; Second item, 'J. Oldham 1783. I bought it for its antiquity not for its merit', inscription on title-page; Joseph J. Hilton M.D., bookplate dated 1938; Third item, Herbert McLean Evens, bookplate. All volumes with blindstamp of Emil J. Krahulik (1896-1992), obstetrician; by descent to current owner. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com