Young Married Lady's Private Medical Guide Pregnancy 1859 Women's Health Book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Medicine, Women's Health, Married Life, Pregnancy, Children, Hereditary Diseases, ).

The Young Married Lady's Private Medical Guide...peculiar organs and diseases of females.., Translated from the French of P.C. Dunne and A.F. Derbois.
Published 1859, Massachusetts by W.F. Johnson.
264 pages plus appendix. Text in English.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, gilt spine & cover decorations, embossed cover designs, all edges gilt. 

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition but is much nicer than typical for early pebble cloth publisher bindings of this era.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light signs of handling and time but nothing offensive or severe, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, internally still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 7 1/2" H x 5" W.

[B6682].