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ADAMS, George [the Younger].
An Essay on Vision, Briefly Explaining the Fabric of the Eye, and the Nature of Vision: Intended for the Service of Those Whose Eyes are Weak or Impaired: Enabling Those to Form an Accurate Idea of the True State of Their Sight, the Means of Preserving It, Together With Proper Rules for Ascertaining When Spectacles are Necessary, and How to Choose Them Without Injuring the Sight.
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ADAMS, George [the Younger].
An Essay on Vision, Briefly Explaining the Fabric of the Eye, and the Nature of Vision: Intended for the Service of Those Whose Eyes are Weak or Impaired: Enabling Those to Form an Accurate Idea of the True State of Their Sight, the Means of Preserving It, Together With Proper Rules for Ascertaining When Spectacles are Necessary, and How to Choose Them Without Injuring the Sight.
Description:
pp. vi, (ii) Advertisement, 153, (i) blank, 14 A Catalogue of Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments Made and Sold by George Adams. Folding engraved frontispiece. Original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rebacked in cloth, plate foxed, a very good copy.
Printed for the Author, by R. Hindmarsh.London.
Date Published: 1789. First edition.
Stock No. 54813
Price: £450.00