Researches on Colour-Blindness. With a Supplement on the Danger attending the Present System of Railway and Marine Coloured Signals
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- Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1855
Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover // Cloth. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover // Cloth. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind.
First edition of Wilson’s work “on color-blindness and the most important monograph on the subject,” also containing James Clerk Maxwell’s major early work on physiological optics, On the Theory of Colours, 1855.
George Wilson’s groundbreaking Researches on Colour-Blindness is “the first book on color-blindness and the most important monograph on the subject… [as well as] the first in Britain publicly to point out the potential hazards of color-blindness in railwaymen and seamen” (Becker, 422).--Bookseller. Signed by Swan M. Burnett, 19th c. ENT doctor of Richmond and Georgetown. Inscribed from author. Faded and sunned cloth, foxing throughout, detached half-title pg., else tight, bright, and unmarred. Rebacked with ochre cloth and new hinges, endbands, and spine label. Pale rust cloth, blindstamping on boards. Inscribed in ink on ffep: "George E.Day // with author's kind regards" and signed below. 8vo, xx, 180pp. bookseller ticket. Signed by author.
First edition of Wilson’s work “on color-blindness and the most important monograph on the subject,” also containing James Clerk Maxwell’s major early work on physiological optics, On the Theory of Colours, 1855.
George Wilson’s groundbreaking Researches on Colour-Blindness is “the first book on color-blindness and the most important monograph on the subject… [as well as] the first in Britain publicly to point out the potential hazards of color-blindness in railwaymen and seamen” (Becker, 422).--Bookseller. Signed by Swan M. Burnett, 19th c. ENT doctor of Richmond and Georgetown. Inscribed from author. Faded and sunned cloth, foxing throughout, detached half-title pg., else tight, bright, and unmarred. Rebacked with ochre cloth and new hinges, endbands, and spine label. Pale rust cloth, blindstamping on boards. Inscribed in ink on ffep: "George E.Day // with author's kind regards" and signed below. 8vo, xx, 180pp. bookseller ticket. Signed by author.