Practical Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes : Illustrated with Cases
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1806. First English Edition. xxiv, 536, [12-index, last blank], and 3 plates with 4 pages of explanations in rear. Modern 1/4 leather over marbled boards and new endpapers. One page with early tape repair to verso, dampstaining to the corners of the plates. Occasional smudging and penciled notations in the text, but generally bright and clean. Very Good. Boards. [16417]
"This beautifully illustrated work was the first textbook on the subject to be published in the Italian language. Its author [Scarpa] has been called the 'Father of Italian Ophthalmology'" (Garrison Morton 5835, referring to the 1st Italian edition)
The first English translation of this work, published in London and translated with additional notes by James Briggs.
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