MEYER ÉDOUARD; and MONTMÉJA A DE Traité des Opérations qui s

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FIRST PHOTOGRAPHICALLY-ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON OPHTHALMIC SURGERY MEYER, ÉDOUARD; and MONTMÉJA, A. DE. Traité des Opérations qui se pratiquent sur l'Oeil. 22 mounted albumen photographs of ophthalmic surgical procedures; 190 wood-engraved text illustrations by Badoureau after Leveillé. Half-title. 4to, contemporary 1/2 morocco gilt, spine ends damaged; some foxing of text, owner's stamps on title, plates entirely loose, with mounts browned and slightly warped. Paris, 1871

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first edition. "The first work on ophthalmic surgery illustrated with photographs. It contains the first series of photos of actual operations in a surgery textbook with 22 close-up shots of operations for strabismus, cataract, iridectomy, canthoplasty, etc. (almost certainly performed on cadavers). The photographer, Dr. Montméja, founded the first journal devoted to medical photography in 1869"--Albert et al., Source Book of Ophthalmology 1555.