SCARPA (Antonio) & BRIGGS (James). Practical Observations of the Principal Diseases of the Eyes: translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa, with notes by James Briggs.1806

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, First English edition, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), xx, [4], 536, [16]pp., 3 folding lithographed plates with explanatory text (browned and stained), nineteenth-century purple cloth, joints just starting. The first English edition of a authoritative work by one of the greatest anatomists and surgeons of the time. "The first systematic ophthalmologic textbook in Italian, noted for the clarity and beauty of its writing and its illustrations, this work bases its practical discussions on the known facts of anatomy, physiology, and optics."—A N & H. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Wellcome V, p. 36; Albert, Norton & Hurtes, 2023.