Skip to contentGynaeciorum, hoc est, De mulierum tum aliis, tum gravidarum, parientium & puerperarum affectibus & morbis, : libri veterum ac recentiorum aliquot, partim nunc primùm editi, partim multò quàm antea castigatiores. Quorum catalogum sequens pagella dabit. Cum indicibus capitum in vniuersum, titulorum, rerum ac verborum praecipuè in his memorabilium, locupletissimis, fidelissimisq[ue] | Collections | The Huntington
Gynaeciorum, hoc est, De mulierum tum aliis, tum gravidarum, parientium & puerperarum affectibus & morbis, : libri veterum ac recentiorum aliquot, partim nunc primùm editi, partim multò quàm antea castigatiores. Quorum catalogum sequens pagella dabit. Cum indicibus capitum in vniuersum, titulorum, rerum ac verborum praecipuè in his memorabilium, locupletissimis, fidelissimisq[ue]
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Considered to be the first encylopedia of gynecology and obstetrics. Complied by Conrad Gesner, but completed, with additional material, by Hans Wolf and published one year after Gesner's death. Text contains the first editon of Moschion. Cf. Garrison-Morton (5th edition), 6011.
Gift of The Longo Family Trust, Lawrence D. and Betty Jeanne Longo, Trustees, 2015. Bookplate: Ex-libris Antonio-Biancheri-chirurgo. Inscription crossed out and made illegible on the title page.
