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Lot with 2 special editions of the well-known so-called OPTOTYPI/Snellen cards (A) and 8 Academic Dissertations (1854-1894) on subjects related to Eye/Ophthalmology (B).
A. OPTOTYPI ad Visum Determinandum – Type tests to determine visual acuity – author: Herman Snellen (1834-1908) – 2 editions:
• 20th edition from 1911
• 22nd edition from 1924
Both booklets published by H. Snellen Junior at Publishers Mij, among others. Neerlandia/Utrecht.
Both booklets come with separate cards numbered from I to 10 - the 1911 edition is missing card VIII, the 1924 edition is missing card VI - together a complete series.
The booklets are unpaged, brown paper cover, 24x16 cm - the cards have different sizes (see photos).
Condition: the 1911 edition is loose in the cover, the 1924 edition is in good condition.
B. Eight dissertations on Ophthalmology related topics:
1. The eyes of the students of the Rijks Hoogere Burgerschool and the Gymnasium in Groningen – Hendrik Jan Kremer - University of Groningen – 10 July 1884
2. Optometers and Optometry – Jan Willem Verschoor – Hoogeschool in Utrecht – June 1, 1865
3. Historical research on hypermetropia and its consequences – Jacob Hendrik de Haas – Hoogeschool in Utrecht – July 5, 1862
4. Perspicillis Stenopaeis ad visa […] – Henricus van Wijngaarden – Academia Rheno-Trajectina (Utrecht) – 1 July 1854
5. Living Tissues and Dead Objects in the Eye – Jacobus Christiaan van Dooremaal – Hoogeschool in Utrecht – 3 June 1873
6. Contribution to the knowledge of the externally visible vessels of the eye in healthy and sick condition – Johannes Jacominus Cornelis van Woerden – Hoogeschool in Utrecht – 2 July 1864
7. The sympathetic disorders of the eye – Johannes Jacobus Maats – Hoogeschool in Utrecht – June 22, 1865
8. The inflammation of the forehead atrium and the secondary disease of the eye - Johannes Jacobus Gerardus Martinus van Dieren - June 26, 1866
The dissertations are mainly in paper covers, except no. 3 and 8. A single copy is in moderate condition. 67248563
