Buy this book on-line Gelbart, Nina Rattner : The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame Du CoudrayUniv. Of California Press, Berkeley, 1998
In 1759, in an effort to end infant mortality, Louis XV commissioned Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray to travel throughout France teaching the art of childbirth to illiterate peasant women. For the next 30years this royal emissary taught in nearly forty cities amd reached an estimated 10, 000 students, Fine in Near Fine DJ, 8vo Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Gelbart, Nina Rattner : The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame Du Coudray. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, out of print books, antiquarian books, fine bindings and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |