DEVENTER (Henrik van). Observations importantes sur le manuel des accouchemens. Paris, Guillaume Cavelier 1739 (1st part) Pierre Prault, 1733 (2nd part). In-4, edition illustrated with 39 plates, one of which is folding. Translated and enlarged by Jacques Bruier d'Ablaincourt, in the original edition for the second part. Bound in full contemporary speckled calf with 5-ribbed spine. Handwritten bookplate on title page "A. D'Aumont Med. Doctor Monspel". Arnulphe d'Aumont was an important 18th-century physician, who contributed over 200 articles to the Encyclopédie. (a few pages foxed, light spotting, traces of wetness, particularly in the second part, jaws partly split, damage to the covers, covers stained and warped). Expert: Mr. Nicolas Asvisio