A kraamkamer (birth-room). Watercolour, 16--.

A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.

(Left) a celebration of the birth of a child, (right) the child's first bath. Etching by B. Picart after himself, 1726.

388 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm.

Geburt und Memoria : zum italienischen Bildtyp der deschi da parto / Claudia Däubler-Hauschke.

Maternity and its rituals in Bang Chan / [Jane Richardson Hanks].

247 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Birth, an anthology of ancient texts, songs, prayers, and stories / edited by David Meltzer.

xi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Birthing in the Pacific : beyond tradition and modernity? / edited by Vicki Lukere and Margaret Jolly.

1 painting : watercolour on vellum ; vellum 11.8 x 15.4 cm

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Geburt und Memoria : zum italienischen Bildtyp der deschi da parto / Claudia Däubler-Hauschke.

Maternity and its rituals in Bang Chan / [Jane Richardson Hanks].

Birth, an anthology of ancient texts, songs, prayers, and stories / edited by David Meltzer.

Birthing in the Pacific : beyond tradition and modernity? / edited by Vicki Lukere and Margaret Jolly.

A kraamkamer (birth-room). Watercolour, 16--.

Birth customs

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Geburt und Memoria : zum italienischen Bildtyp der deschi da parto / Claudia Däubler-Hauschke.

Maternity and its rituals in Bang Chan / [Jane Richardson Hanks].

Birth, an anthology of ancient texts, songs, prayers, and stories / edited by David Meltzer.

Birthing in the Pacific : beyond tradition and modernity? / edited by Vicki Lukere and Margaret Jolly.

A kraamkamer (birth-room). Watercolour, 16--.

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