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BARTISCH, Georg (1537-1606). FQALMODOULEIA Das ist, Augendienst. Dresden: Matthes Stckel, 1583.
2o (292 x 185 mm). Collation: A-D6 E4; A-Z6 a-x6 y8; z4 Aa6. 310 leaves. Gothic type, foliated. Title printed in red and black within woodcut border (repeated in the preliminaries on C1r); large woodcut arms of Duke August of Saxony on A2r, fine full-page woodcut portrait of the author on E4v; numerous large woodcuts in the text (including a few repeats, the eyes on the woodcuts in qurie I touched up in color), woodcuts on A5r and B2v with overlays (five and six flaps, respectively), printer's woodcut device at end. (C1 with lower marginal repair affecting small portion of woodcut border, two marginal repairs on final leaf, a few leaves dampstained, a few early inkstains, some browning.) Later blindstamped vellum over boards (a little soiling). Provenance: Early ownership inscription on lower margin of title-page.
THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE WORK ON OPHTHALMOLOGY AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST SURGICAL WORKS PRINTED IN THE VERNACULAR. Bartisch's Ophthalmoduleia (eye care or Augendienst) is the first modern work on eye surgery. "In this treatise on ophthalmic surgery Bartisch, who limited his practice to ophthalmology and hernia repair, left the first extensively illustrated account of any surgical specialty" (Garrison & Morton). Considered the founder of modern ophthalmology, Bartisch gained a reputation for his skilful operations on the cataract using a clean needle to depress the lens through the sclerotic. He became the court oculist to Duke August I of Saxony, to whom this work is dedicated. Bartisch employed numerous pioneering techniques in the treatment of the eyes, including both surgical and non-surgical methods. He was the first eye-doctor to recommend removal of the eye in cases of cancer.
The striking woodcut illustrations, made after Bartisch's own drawings from life, provide a comprehensive pictorial record of Renaissance eye-surgery. The innovative and effective use of movable flaps to show sectional views of the brain and the eye appears here for the first time. BM/STC German p. 68; Choulant-Frank p. 234; Garrison-Morton 5817; Grolier Medicine 22; Heirs of Hippocrates 369; NLM/Durling 479; Waller 756; Wellcome 697; Norman 125.
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THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE WORK ON OPHTHALMOLOGY AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST SURGICAL WORKS PRINTED IN THE VERNACULAR. Bartisch's Ophthalmoduleia (eye care or Augendienst) is the first modern work on eye surgery. "In this treatise on ophthalmic surgery Bartisch, who limited his practice to ophthalmology and hernia repair, left the first extensively illustrated account of any surgical specialty" (Garrison & Morton). Considered the founder of modern ophthalmology, Bartisch gained a reputation for his skilful operations on the cataract using a clean needle to depress the lens through the sclerotic. He became the court oculist to Duke August I of Saxony, to whom this work is dedicated. Bartisch employed numerous pioneering techniques in the treatment of the eyes, including both surgical and non-surgical methods. He was the first eye-doctor to recommend removal of the eye in cases of cancer.
The striking woodcut illustrations, made after Bartisch's own drawings from life, provide a comprehensive pictorial record of Renaissance eye-surgery. The innovative and effective use of movable flaps to show sectional views of the brain and the eye appears here for the first time. BM/STC German p. 68; Choulant-Frank p. 234; Garrison-Morton 5817; Grolier Medicine 22; Heirs of Hippocrates 369; NLM/Durling 479; Waller 756; Wellcome 697; Norman 125.