"Dinouart - Compendium Of Sacred Embryology. Chez Nyon, 1766. Contemporary Binding."
DINOUART (Father Joseph-Antoine-Toussaint) - Compendium of sacred embryology or treaty of the duties of priests, doctors, surgeons & midwives towards children who are in the womb of their mothers. Paris, Chez Nyon, 1766; in-12, XXVIII-596 pp., contemporary full calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 bands, edges painted red, binding to be restored. Second edition considerably enlarged, and approved by the Royal Academy of Surgery, with intaglio figures. Very complete with its 3 plates including 2 folding ones. The author born in Amiens in 1716 and died in 1786 was a polemical preacher, he is also a compiler of works of science and religious books.