Item #31978 The Eye: A Treatise on the Art of Preserving This Organ in a Healthy Condition, and of Improving the Sight; to Which Is Prefixed, a View of the Anatomy as Indicative of the Character and Emotions of the Mind. Johann Christoph August FRANZ.
The Eye: A Treatise on the Art of Preserving This Organ in a Healthy Condition, and of Improving the Sight; to Which Is Prefixed, a View of the Anatomy as Indicative of the Character and Emotions of the Mind.

The Eye: A Treatise on the Art of Preserving This Organ in a Healthy Condition, and of Improving the Sight; to Which Is Prefixed, a View of the Anatomy as Indicative of the Character and Emotions of the Mind.

London: J. Churchill, 1839. Hardcover. 8vo. Original blind-embossed black cloth, gilt. xix, 296pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Item #31978

Bit of mild edgewear, yet overall a tight and nice first edition of this study. Front pastedown bears 1898 "Library of the Royal United Hospital, Bath" bookplate. Uncommon. Tipped in after the last text page is an interesting 4pp 12mo leaflet, "Medical Works, Published by John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho" -- listing this publisher's backlist of medical titles.

Price: $250.00

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