DUVAL (Jacques). HERMAPHRODITS, giving birth to... Lot 19

DUVAL (Jacques). HERMAPHRODITS, giving birth to women, and the treatment that is required to raise them in health, & raise their children well. Rouen, Geuffroy, 1612. In-12 glazed blond calf, decorated spine with nerves, title piece, red edges (contemporary binding); (8) ff. 447 pages, (1) page and (5) ff. Flattened caps, split jaws but solid hinges, small worm work in the center of pages 219 to 268, with loss of letters. ORIGINAL EDITION, very rare, of this work which was condemned to be seized and banned from sale by order of the Parliament on April 4, 1612. A portrait of the author on the back of the title and 5 woodcut FIGURES in the text, including 4 anatomical ones. EXAMPLES in period bindings. ¶ Caillet, 3486 Dorbon, 1434.