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Author Chamberlayne, Thomas.
Title The Compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing perfect rules for midwifes and nurses : as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children ... with instructions of the midwife to the Queen of France ... : illustrated with severall cuts in brass / by T.C., I.D., M.S., T.B., practitioners.
Alternative Title Complete midwives practice
Publication Info London : Printed for Nathaniel Brooke at the Angell in Cornhill, 1656.


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Descript [16], 2, [2], 3-841 [i.e. 148], 94, [2], 95-108, [2] 109-126 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., port.
Note T.C. = Thomas Chamberlayne. Cf. Wing (2nd ed., 1994).
With engraved frontispiece depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France.
P. 148 misnumbered 841.
There are 2 bifoliums in this item. The first, inserted following p.2, consists of an engraving of female anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the first figure" on recto of second leaf; the second, inserted following p.108 (2nd sequence), consists of engraving of female and infant anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the third figure" on recto of second leaf.
Annotation "May 12" at foot of t.p.
Reproduction of original in British Library.
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Author Chamberlayne, Thomas.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Midwifery -- Early works to 1800.
Gynaecology -- Early works to 1800.
Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, approximately 1563-1636.
Alternative Title Complete midwives practice
Descript [16], 2, [2], 3-841 [i.e. 148], 94, [2], 95-108, [2] 109-126 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., port.
Note T.C. = Thomas Chamberlayne. Cf. Wing (2nd ed., 1994).
With engraved frontispiece depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France.
P. 148 misnumbered 841.
There are 2 bifoliums in this item. The first, inserted following p.2, consists of an engraving of female anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the first figure" on recto of second leaf; the second, inserted following p.108 (2nd sequence), consists of engraving of female and infant anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the third figure" on recto of second leaf.
Annotation "May 12" at foot of t.p.
Reproduction of original in British Library.
Author Chamberlayne, Thomas.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Midwifery -- Early works to 1800.
Gynaecology -- Early works to 1800.
Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, approximately 1563-1636.
Alternative Title Complete midwives practice

Subject Midwifery -- Early works to 1800.
Gynaecology -- Early works to 1800.
Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [16], 2, [2], 3-841 [i.e. 148], 94, [2], 95-108, [2] 109-126 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., port.
Note T.C. = Thomas Chamberlayne. Cf. Wing (2nd ed., 1994).
With engraved frontispiece depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France.
P. 148 misnumbered 841.
There are 2 bifoliums in this item. The first, inserted following p.2, consists of an engraving of female anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the first figure" on recto of second leaf; the second, inserted following p.108 (2nd sequence), consists of engraving of female and infant anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the third figure" on recto of second leaf.
Annotation "May 12" at foot of t.p.
Reproduction of original in British Library.
Alt author Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, approximately 1563-1636.
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