Woodcut illustrations in text. v, [1 blank], [7]-130 pp. LACKING frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo
1793 · New York
by Aristotle
New York: Printed for the Company of Flying Stationers, 1793. Woodcut illustrations in text. v, [1 blank], [7]-130 pp. LACKING frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Later three quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Woodcut illustrations in text. v, [1 blank], [7]-130 pp. LACKING frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. An eighteenth century American edition of this popular sex manual and midwifery book, first published in England in 1684. It discusses matters of anatomy, sexual intercourse, and childbirth, including questions concerning fertility, determining the sex of the fetus, what to do and not do during pregnancy, amongst others. Evans 25120; ESTC W6202; Austin, Early American medical imprints, 61
(Inventory #: 303784)