A DIRECTORY FOR MIDWIVES: OR, A GUIDE FOR WOMEN IN THEIR CONCEPTION, BEARING AND SUCKLING THEIR CHILDREN [bound with] The English Physician... On the Disease of Women

Two works devoted to women’s health by Nicolas Culpeper, both quite late though very uncommon editions which may have been issued together. The highlight of the volume is the elaborate woodcut delineating the differences between a foetus and a child together with a large woodcut depicting ‘The Form the Child lies in the womb’.

Bound in contemporary half calf, wear to tail of spine; block-printed paper covered boards; worn corner tips. A little mottling and occasional stains to paper stock but both books are complete: Directory [2] pp134, large folding engraved plate; English Physician, [2] pp202. Some ink underscoring and annotation throughout. ESTC records 6 copies of the first text N17545 and 7 of the second N17547.