first edition Full Leather
1770 · Paris
by Louis Florent Deshais Gendron
Paris: Chez Claude J. B. Herissant, 1770. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The French doctor, professor, and demonstrator of ophthalmology at the Ecole de Chirurgie, Louis Florent Deshais-Gendron's Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, which was 'the first textbook on ophthalmology to appear since Maitre-Fan's a half century before' (IBBO p. 186). Complete in two volumes; text in French. Library stamps on the verso of the title and on one additional leaf of each volume/ Rebound in light brown calf with red leather labels. (Wayenborgh IBBO: International Biography and Bibliography of Ophthalmologists and Vision Scientists p. 186 accessed 12/30/2019). Very Good binding.
(Inventory #: 290016)