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DESHAIS GENDRON (Louis-Florent): Traité des... - Lot 194 - Richard Maison de ventes
DESHAIS GENDRON (Louis-Florent): Traité des maladies des yeux, & des moyens & opérations propres à leur guérison. Paris, Claude J.B. Herissant, 1770. Two volumes. 9.5 by 17 cm. XII-389-(5) pages + 1 f. errata and (4)-IV-438 pages + 1 f. errata. Full contemporary basane, 5-rib spine, red title-pieces, black head-pieces, ornate boxes. Heads missing, corners dulled, light rubbing to boards. Title-pieces redone in the 19th century. Discrete worm work and small wetness in the lower margin of about fifteen leaves of volume 2, without affecting the text. Old ownership stamp on title pages. A good copy despite this list of minor defects. First edition. Becker collection ophtalmologie 101; Conlon 70: 804; Dulieu, La médecine à Montpellier, tome 3, 1ère partie, p. 305. L.-F. Deshais Gendron, a native of Orléans, received his doctorate from the University of Montpellier, then moved to Paris. "He had a brilliant career there []: in 1768, a chair of ophthalmology was created for him in the capital's College of Surgery". (Dulieu). This treatise summarizes the knowledge of the time on ophthalmology, including the choice of glasses.
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