BRIGGS, William (1642-1704). Ophthalmo-graphia, sive oculi eiusque partium descriptio anatomica, nec non, eiusdem nova visionis theoria. Leiden: Petrus Vander Aa, 1686. 12o (128 x 73 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates (occasional very minor foxing). Contemporary speckled vellum (joints splitting, spine dried). Containing both of Briggs' most celebrated works; his Ophthalmographia, first published in London in 1676, the first English treatise on the anatomy of the eye, and his New Theory of Vision, published first in 1682 and first translated into Latin on 1685. With Sir Isaac Newton's laudatory preface, acknowledging the benefit he had derived from Briggs' anatomical skill and knowledge.