Zinn, Descriptio Anatomica Oculi, 1755

Descriptio Anatomica Oculi Humani Iconibus Illustrata Auctore Iohanne Gottfried Zinn M.D. Med. Et Bontan. Prof. P. Ordin. In Alma Universitate Gottingensi, Acad. Reg. Scient. Berol Sodali, Soc. Reg. Scient. Gotting. Membro Extraordinario. Gottingae Apud Vidvam B. Abrami Vandenhoeck, 1755. 
 
Quarto in new full brown leather, with red title label on spine, raised bands, blind and gilt rolls and embellishments. A few small faint scratches and scuffs on boards (mostly rear). New end papers. Hinges strong. 1 inch marginal tear, far from text, at pgs 37/38. Creasing of top corner in signatures Y and Z. Mostly clean and bright, though mild foxing (most pronounced in signatures Aa and Bb.). Bindig tight throughout. Seven folding plates. 
 
New ffep, blank, A1 (title) - b^4, A-Ii^4, Kk1, Tab 1, Kk2, Tab 2, Kk3, Tab 3, Kk4, Tab 4, Ll1, Tab 5, Ll2, Tab 6, Ll3, tab 7, Ll4, blank, new rfep. 
 
New ffep, blank, (14), 272, blank, new rfep. (with 7 plates, all folding). 
 
Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759), who was “one of Haller’s best pupils at Gottingen, became professor of medicine there. Although he died very young, he produced this important book on the anatomy of the eye which is a fundamental work in the history of ophthalmology His name is preserved in those of several finer structures of the eye: the central artery of Zinn, circulet of Zinn, zonule of Zinn, etc.” (Heirs 607). See also G-M 1484: “The first complete study of the anatomy of the eye including the first description of the ‘zonule of Zinn’ and the ‘annulus of Zinn.’”