Discoveries in light and vision : with a short memoir containing Discoveries in the mental faculties [1836]

Griffiths, Mary

1993, Fine Facsimile Reprint. New York, N.Y. : Classics of Ophthalmology Library, Division of Gryphon Editions. Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather, with raised bands. The classic Gryphon Editions design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Red silk place-marker, marbled endpapers. Still in the publisher's bubble wrap and cardboard packaging. Includes publisher's booklet with background information regarding the title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 300 p. : [3] leaves of plates ; 14 cm. Notes: "This special edition ... has been privately printed for the members of The Classics of Ophthalmology Library." Reprint of the 1836 ed. published by G. & C. Carvill & Co. Subject: Vision --Ocular. Visual Perception --Light. Series: Classics of Ophthalmology Library. Summary: This book ranks as one of the earliest American books dealing with sight and the eye. More specifically, it is the first book on the subject of psychophysics. And, finally, the author, whose name did not appear on the title page, was a woman. Item #171261

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