AMMON, Friedrich August von (1799-1861). Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten und Bildungsfehler des menschlichen Auges, der Augenlider und der Thrnenwerkzeuge nach eigenen Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen. Berlin: G. Reimer, 1838-47. 4 parts bound in one, 2o (410 x 251 mm). 55 engravings and stipple engravings, many printed in color and finished by hand, numbered 1-23 (21 bound after 23); 1-12; 1-20. (Neatly repaired small tears to title, first quire creased, some foxing and marginal browning to text, some plates browned). Quarter calf, boards (rebacked, preserving original spine). FIRST EDITION. "This great color-plate atlas is probably the best summary of the knowledge of the diseases of the eye prior to the introduction of the ophthalmoscope" (Garrison-Morton 5852).