Porterfield, Treatise on the Eye, 1759

A Treatise on the Eye, The Manner and Phaenomena of Vision. In Two Volumes. By William Porterfield, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh. Vol. I. & Vol. II. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Miller at London, and for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour at Edinburgh. 1759.
 
Two volumes in new full brown leather with red title label, raised bands, and gold text and details on spines. A few minor scratches and blind artifacts from binder’s ties on boards near spines.  New end papers. Mild marginal toning of title pages. Prior dealer’s pencil notation on pg i of vol 1. Margins well-retained. Clean, bright, and tight throughout both volumes. Five folding plates at the end of vol 1, and three folding plates at end of vol 2, with deckle edges and some marginal toning. Complete.
 
Vol 1: New ffep, title, i – xxxi, blank, 450, errata, 5 folding plates, new rfep.
Vol 2:  New ffep, title – xxxv, 432, 3 folding plates, 433-435, rfep.
 
First edition.
 
G-M 1484.2: “Porterfield, William. 1695-1771. Porterfield was Professor of the Institutes and practice of Medicine at Edinburgh from 1724-26. His book included many original observations. It was the first important British work on the anatomy and physiology of the eye.”