Charles-Joseph-Frédéric CARRONS DU VILLARDS
Guide pratique pour l'étude et le traitement des maladies des yeux[Practical Guide to the Study and Treatment of Diseases of the Eye]
Société encyclopédique des sciences médicales|Paris 1838|13.2 x 21.5 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition of this treatise, long regarded as the finest French-language work in its field (cf. Wellcome II, 305; Garrison & Morton 5853).
Contemporary-style half calf over marbled boards, the spine smooth and gilt with decorative garlands at head and tail, a reused black calf lettering-piece, marbled paper sides, blue-sprinkled edges, bookseller’s ticket of a distinguished firm mounted to a pastedown; a later binding.
Illustrated with 4 folding plates.
Foxing and some dampstaining to the plates, otherwise a clean and agreeable copy.
Carron du Villards (1801–1860), the son of a military physician distinguished during the Napoleonic campaigns, taught ophthalmology at the Paris Faculty of Medicine.
€500