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213 x 134 mm. 8vo. lxvi, 360 pp. 6 engraved plates (1 folding); occasional spotting, ms. notes on pages 8 and 9 in an early hand. Contemporary quarter brown calf, calf corners, marbled boards, gilt on spine rubbed off; corners bumped and showing, rubbed. Ex library ms. label at head of spine, ms. notations on title and page [3]. Bookplate. Very good; RARE. FIRST EDITION. "One of the most intriguing volumes in the historic ophthalmic literature. Ostensibly written by Rowley, the book was judged in England to be an important ophthalmological work at the time. Almost half a century later, it gradually dawned on the ophthalmic intelligentsia that the book was in fact a plagiarism. Rowley's book was an unacknowledged translation of Joseph Jacob Plenck's Doctrina de morbus oculorum. The full story of the deception was published in 1910 by the great ophthalmic historian, Julius Hirschberg . . ." â Â" Albert, The classics of ophthalmology library, 1988. / William Rowley served an apprenticeship at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and worked as a naval surgeon for some years before establishing a London practice, chiefly in obstetrics but also in general surgery and ophthalmology. PROVENANCE: [1] Title-page inscribed, "Ex dono J. W. Thrustans[?!]"; [2] "Ex libris Societatis Medicae Abudonensis" [?!] [18th century handwriting]. [3] Jerry Donin bookplate. REFERENCES: Albert, et al, Source book of ophthalmology, 1967; DNB, XVII, pp. 366-367; Hirsch, V, p. 105; Hirschberg, III, pp. 375-378; Munk's Roll, II, pp. 340-342; Snyder, Our ophthalmic heritage, pp. 153-157. See: James, Studies in the history of ophthalmology in England prior to the year 1800, pp. 118-121. Charles E. Letocha, The invention and early manufacture of bifocals, Survey of Ophthalmology, Volume 35, Issue 3, Novemberâ Â"December 1990, pages 226-235. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M14697
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