Astigmatisme en cilindrische glazen.

237 x 153 mm. 8vo. x, 136 pp. 15 figures, tables; light browning and spotting. Modern half cloth, cloth corners, marbled boards, decorative end-leaves. Bookplate of Haskell Norman. Very good. Rare. FIRST EDITION. Includes the first statement of "Donders' Law" - that the rotation of the eye around the line of sight is not voluntary. Dedicated to Albrecht von Graefe (1828-1870). / "Donders was one of the pioneers of ophthalmology. His major contributions were in the areas of refraction and astigmatism." Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University. / Probably the greatest Dutch physician of the nineteenth century and one of the finest ophthalmologists of any era, Donders was professor on the Utrecht faculty from 1848 until his death. Donders contributed many works on the physiology and pathology of the eye. DSB, IV, pp. 162-163. PROVENANCE: Haskell Field Norman (1915 1996) was a psychoanalyst, bibliophile, and collector, whose private library included rare scientific and medical first editions, including a collection of first-edition of works by Sigmund Freud. The Grolier Club exhibition and published work, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine, (1995), was the idea of Haskell Norman and showed remarkable highspots of collecting in the field of medical history. REFERENCES: Albert, et al, Source book of ophthalmology, 606; Haskell Norman Library 647 (this copy); Hirsch, II, p. 204; Hirschberg, XI, 1a, pp. 209 First Edition.

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Publisher: C. G. Van der Post, 1862.

Year: 1862

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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