Manuel Pratique des Maladies des Yeux...
Paris: Octave Doin 1890. First Edition. 8vo., pp. x + 659 + blank + 24 (ads); publisher's maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt; spine cocked and lightly sunned, gilt dulled; ex libris bookplate to front pastedown; perforated library stamp to title leaf; library markings in pencil to pp. [vi-viii]; still a good, sound copy. First edition. Illustrated with wood engravings in the text. Vacher, a 19th century French authority on the eye, surveys the physiology of the eye and treatments of various ophthalmic diseases and conditions. His method of cataract surgery, here discussed in detail, was notable. Uncommon in trade. Good. Hard Cover. [20258]
Price: $150.00