Zinn, Johann Gottlieb - Descriptio anatomica oculi humani...

Zinn, Johann Gottlieb: Descriptio anatomica oculi humani iconibus illustrata. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck 1780. With 7 folded copper plates. 8 pages of preliminaries, 248 pages. Hardcover, contemporary binding, 22.5 x 18 cm. Hirsch-H. VI 375; Osler 4298; for the 1st edition: Garrison-M. 1484; Heirs of Hippocrates 2/607; Waller 10493. - Second edition, the first edition appeared in 1755. - "... the first complete work on the anatomy of the eye in world literature" (Hirschberg). Zinn has his name made immortal for all time: "... he was the first adequately to describe the 'zonule of Zinn' and the 'annulus of Zinn'" (Garrison-M.). - With ex libris of the eminent French physician, bibliophile and poet François Moutier (1881–1961). - Somewhat rubbed and bumped. Good copy!

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