OPHTALMOLOGIE. — HAZARD-MIRAULT

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OPHTALMOLOGIE. — HAZARD-MIRAULT
Practical treatment of the artificial eye. Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Duponcet, 1818. In-8, stapled, uncut, uncut, uncut, original cover. Original edition of this interesting treatise on ocular prostheses, decorated with 7 curious plates engraved on copper. The author, nephew of a glassblower, would have been the first to make a transparent cornea separated from the iris by an anterior chamber 3 millimetres behind (cf. Dr Robert Coulomb, L'Oeil artificiel, 1905, p. 28). Copy bearing a signed letter from the author to a certain knight Pinel, perhaps the famous alienist? Slight freckles. First dish of the detached cover and missing paper on the back. Joined: GIRALDÈS (Joachim-Albin). Anatomical studies, or research on the organization of the eye, considered in humans and in some animals. Paris, Baillière, Imprimerie de Didot le jeune, 1836. In-4, paperboard sale with black glue, red slices (Binding of the time). Original edition, decorated with 7 plates engraved after drawings by the author. The title is stamped with the stamp of Dr. Monoyer, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine.
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