Louis Auguste DESMARRES
Traité théorique et pratique des maladies des yeux[Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eyes]
Germer Baillière|Paris 1854-1858|14 x 23.7 cm|3 volumes brochés
Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, illustrated with 145 figures in the text (cf. Wellcome II, 457).
Spine and covers browned, with minor marginal losses; a few light foxing spots.
The first edition was published in 1847; this work constitutes only the second systematic treatise in French devoted to the subject, following that of Carron du Villards.
A former assistant to Sichel, Louis-Auguste Desmarres (1810-1882) was among the foremost ophthalmic surgeons of the nineteenth century.
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