Traite theorique et pratique des maladies des yeux… Avec 78 figures intercalees dan le texte.
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1847. First edition, pp. viii, 904; line illustrations and charts throughout; contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, some light foxing on a number of leaves, otherwise a fine copy, complete with the half-title. The author's principal work. After Carron du Villard's treatise, this is the second systematic textbook in French on disease of the eye. Desmarres was one of the leading French ophthalmologists of his day and made a number of important contributions to ophthalmic surgery. Garrison-Morton 5863; Wellcome II, p. 457. Item #22677
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