 The first edition of "The Midwives Book, or, The Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered" appeared in 1671, with three subsequent editions in 1674, 1724 and 1725.The first two were published by Simon Miller and the third and fourth posthumously by John Marshall as "The Compleat Midwife's Companion".Published as a small octavo, "The Midwives Book" was a lengthy 95,000 words selling for two shillings and sixpence (£0.125).