GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613)

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Los 165 | GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613)
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GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613)
Traite des maladies de l'oeil. Paris: Charles Massé, 1585.
First edition of the first French work on ophthalmology. ‘Guillemeau was a pupil and son-in-law of Ambroise Paré; his book was an epitome of the existing knowledge on the subject, chiefly from Greek and Arabian sources’ (Garrison & Morton). Garrison & Morton 5818; Adams G-1564; Durling/NLM 2219.

Octavo (158 x 102mm). Printer's woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head-pieces and tailpiece. 17th-century calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands gilt (worn). Provenance: Royal Society of Medicine (oval library inkstamp to title [Royal Society of Medicine Ophthalmological Library] to first free endpaper, title, preliminaries and final text leaf).
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