A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE EYE

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1876. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A copy of the First U.S. Edition of A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eye by Robert Brudenell Carter. Printed illustrations throughout; folding plate of 'Test-letters in Geometrical Progression' by Dr. John Green; publisher's advertisements bound in at the rear. Previously owned by a Dr. Bernhardt H. Baumeister, a successful medical practitioner in 19th century San Francisco, with his name on the verso of the front endpaper. 505, [1], 32 pp. Brown pebbled cloth, with lettering in gilt on the spine. Very Good binding.