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(i) WARE, James (1756-1815). Remarks on the Ophthalmy, Psorophthalmy, and Purulent Eye, London: Charles Dilly, 1787, 8°, second edition, modern boards. [Blake p. 481]
(ii) ADAMS, George (1750-1795). An Essay on Vision, London: for the author by R. Hindmarsh, 1792, 8°, second edition, with continuously- paginated Catalogue of Instruments at end (lacking folding frontispiece), blue library cloth. [Blake p. 5; Wellcome II, p. 13: neither having the Catalogue] Provenance: JCL
(iii) SCARPA, Antonio (1752-1832). Practical Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes illustrated with cases, translated from the Italian ... by James Briggs, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806, 8°, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf (covers detached) Provenance: JCL (Henry S. Gradle Gift Fund)
(iv) TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783-1858). A Synopsis of the Diseases of the Eye and their Treatment, London: Longman [etc.], 1820, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates (plates a little browned at margins, stamps of St. George's Hospital Library on title, stamp repeated at head of 2 leaves of text, title also soiled, further soiling to margins of preliminaries, B1 with small section torn from outer margin), contemporary diced calf (rebacked, but upper cover now detached) [GM 5843: "the earliest systematic treatise in English on diseases of the eye"; Waller 9661] Provenance: St. George's Hospital Medical Library; R.R. James 1918 (title inscription); JCL (Henry Gradle Memorial)
(v) LAWRENCE, William (1783-1867). A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, London: John Churchill, 1833, 8° (slight ink mark on title, title and Contents leaves detached, block broken at S1), original gey boards (worn, covers detached) [Wellcome III, p. 462] Provenance: JCL (Henry Gradle Memorial Fund)
(vi) WILLIAMS, Henry Willard (1821-1895). A Practical Guide to the Study of the Diseases of the Eye, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: JCL (Henry Gradle Memorial Fund)
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(ii) ADAMS, George (1750-1795). An Essay on Vision, London: for the author by R. Hindmarsh, 1792, 8°, second edition, with continuously- paginated Catalogue of Instruments at end (lacking folding frontispiece), blue library cloth. [Blake p. 5; Wellcome II, p. 13: neither having the Catalogue] Provenance: JCL
(iii) SCARPA, Antonio (1752-1832). Practical Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes illustrated with cases, translated from the Italian ... by James Briggs, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806, 8°, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf (covers detached) Provenance: JCL (Henry S. Gradle Gift Fund)
(iv) TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783-1858). A Synopsis of the Diseases of the Eye and their Treatment, London: Longman [etc.], 1820, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates (plates a little browned at margins, stamps of St. George's Hospital Library on title, stamp repeated at head of 2 leaves of text, title also soiled, further soiling to margins of preliminaries, B1 with small section torn from outer margin), contemporary diced calf (rebacked, but upper cover now detached) [GM 5843: "the earliest systematic treatise in English on diseases of the eye"; Waller 9661] Provenance: St. George's Hospital Medical Library; R.R. James 1918 (title inscription); JCL (Henry Gradle Memorial)
(v) LAWRENCE, William (1783-1867). A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, London: John Churchill, 1833, 8° (slight ink mark on title, title and Contents leaves detached, block broken at S1), original gey boards (worn, covers detached) [Wellcome III, p. 462] Provenance: JCL (Henry Gradle Memorial Fund)
(vi) WILLIAMS, Henry Willard (1821-1895). A Practical Guide to the Study of the Diseases of the Eye, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: JCL (Henry Gradle Memorial Fund)
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