Traité des maladies de l'oeil, qui sont en nombre de cent treize, ausquelles il est sujet. A Monsieur Paré, Conseiller du Roy, & son premier Chirurgien

by Jacques Guillemeau

$3,850 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Rare second edition of “decidedly the best of the Renaissance books on ophthalmology” (Garrison). “Guillemeau was a pupil of Ambroise Paré; his book was an epitome of the existing knowledge on the subject, chiefly from Greek and Arabian sources” (Garrison & Morton). Guillemeau was a leading authority on ophthalmology, obstetrics..... More

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