Lot Essay
Second edition, 'revue, corrigée et augmentée'. For the first edition cf. Garrison-Morton 5863; Waller 2386; Wellcome II, p. 457.
Details
DESMARRES, LOUIS AUGUSTE (1810-1882).
Traité théorétique et practique des maladies des yeux. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1854-1858. 3 volumes, 8°. Half-titles. Illustrations in the text. (Variable light spotting and browning.) Contemporary roan-backed boards, the spines gilt in compartments, lettered in 2, the others decorated with fleurs-de-lys (extremities lightly rubbed, upper board of volume I cracked). (3)
Traité théorétique et practique des maladies des yeux. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1854-1858. 3 volumes, 8°. Half-titles. Illustrations in the text. (Variable light spotting and browning.) Contemporary roan-backed boards, the spines gilt in compartments, lettered in 2, the others decorated with fleurs-de-lys (extremities lightly rubbed, upper board of volume I cracked). (3)
Provenance
John Benson (neat inkstamps on titles and upper pastedowns).
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