Atlas of external diseases of the eye
 Catalogue Number: 56 Atlas of external diseases of the eye Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: RAMSAY, Andrew Maitland Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1898 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Glasgow Publisher/Manufacturer: James MacLehose and Sons Description Of Item: Original olive green cloth, 4to, pp. xvi, 195 pages and 48 chromolithographed and photogravure plates. The chromolithographs were produced by Maclagan & Cumming after photographs taken and colored by A.H. Geyer. The eighteen photogravures were prepared by the well-known Glasgow firm of T. & R. Annan" (Becker). Becker Catalogue 310. Albert, Norton & Hurtes 1884. Historical Significance: Andrew Maitland Ramsay (1859-1946) was a prominent Glasgow ophthalmic surgeon, whose fame justly rests on this atlas, one of the finest productions of its kind. Illustrated with thirty chromolithographs and eighteen photogravures, the plates illustrate cases Ramsay observed at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. How Acquired: Donated by Condition: Fair, spine breaking Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |