{"product_id":"trois-livres-appartenant-aux-infirmitez-et-maladies-des-femmes-1582-a-rare-first-edition-of-this-pioneering-treatise-and-medical-textbook-on-women-s-diseases","title":"Trois Livres Appartenant aux Infirmitez et Maladies des Femmes, 1582. A Rare First Edition of This Pioneering Treatise and Medical Textbook on Women’s Diseases","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTitle: Trois Livres Appartenant aux Infirmitez et Maladies des Femmes, 1582. A Rare First Edition of This Pioneering Treatise and Medical Textbook on Women’s Diseases\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Jean Liébault; Possibly Copying Giovanni Marinello\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Paris, chez Jacques du Puys\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA scarce, late 16th century, first edition of Liébault’s Three Books Pertaining to the Infirmities and Diseases of Women, being one of the first treatises published in France dealing exclusively with women's diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe work addresses infertility, pregnancy, menstruation, and female infirmities, with commentary from Liébault on uterine disorders and emphasizing empirical observation. The work was highly influential in French gynaecology, marking a step toward modern gynecology by integrating Renaissance anatomical insights and promoting preventive care for women, and being published several times. Among many other notes, the work also has one of the first accounts of hot flashes, described as \u003ci\u003epetite rougers \u003c\/i\u003eby Liébault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt has been disputed that Liébault’s work is a copy of Giovanni Marinello’s 1563 Italian treatise \u003ci\u003eLe medicine partenenti alle infermità delle donne\u003c\/i\u003e, though this has been historically disputed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBorn in Dijon, Liébault largely practiced medicine in Paris, becoming physician to Catherine de Bourbon, sister of Henry IV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe married Nicole Estienne, daughter of the famed printer Charles Estienne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCareful collation and comparison to digitized copies indicates that this is the 1582 first edition, as per 30811 on USTC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUSTC records 11 existing copies of this edition in libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne finely bound volume in octavo, (14 of 16)+923+(21) pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis volume is in very good shape, with minor wear and wear to the binding. There is minor foxing and soiling throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52331868651831,"sku":null,"price":925.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/PhotoCollageMaker_202666163056369_28e6d6fe-9479-4a72-aa23-58c8ce84d0fb.jpg?v=1780948180","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/trois-livres-appartenant-aux-infirmitez-et-maladies-des-femmes-1582-a-rare-first-edition-of-this-pioneering-treatise-and-medical-textbook-on-women-s-diseases","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}