GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613)
10.12.2025 12:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514544
Lot 165 | GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613)
Estimate value
8000GBP £ 8 000 – 12 000
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).
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Medicine & science, Books and manuscripts, Printed books |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Medicine & science, Books and manuscripts, Printed books |
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