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(1) J. Soelberg Wells “A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye” 2nd American Ed. From the 3rd English Ed. With additions. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1873. 836 pp. with 248 engravings on wood and 6 colored plates together with selections from the test-types of Prof. E. Jaeger and Dr. H. Snellen; (2) Henry D. Noyes “A Treatise: Diseases of the Eye” New York: William Wood & Company, 1881. 360 pp with 2 colored plates; (3) Andrew Maitland Ramsay “Atlas of External Diseases of the Eye” Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons / New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. 195 pp. with 30 full-page colored plates and 18 full-page photogravures; (4) Edward Jackson “A Manual of the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye” Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1900. 604 pp. with 178 Illustrations and 2 colored plates; John Elmer Weeks “A Treatise on Diseases of the Eye” New York and Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1910. 944 pp. with 528 engravings and 25 full-page plates in colors. Size of largest (“Atlas”): 9″ L x 1.5″ W x 11.25″ H (22.9 cm x 3.8 cm x 28.6 cm)
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Condition: J. Soelberg Wells book has front cover detached with tearing and chipping to front fly leaves. “Atlas” has loosening to front cover with splitting along binding. All covers have fraying, rubbing, and bending to corners with some tears and stains. Discoloring, staining, and some foxing to pages, but text and images area still clear. Marks, labels, and stamps from old owners, collections, and libraries throughout. Pages and plates have not be collated. Please inquire for more detail regarding number and condition of specific plates and pages.
Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein’s have amassed their collection over the past six decades.
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