. Annals of medical history. titlepage is decorated by a pair of spectacleframes, from which stream light rays coming Hirschberg (Geschichteder Augenbeilkunde, 1908,2 Ed. ii, 280,) mentions the Valdez monograph; andthere is a translation or (rather) transhtcration,1892, by Aibertotti of a French Codex of 1627. See,also, Garrisons History of Medicine, 1917. 2 Ed. from the right eye hole, filled by the sun;from the left, occupied by the moon. Themargins of these illustrations show variousophthalmic symbols. The con privilegio isplaced above the date and the publishersname. V S O DE LOS ANTOIOS I
. Annals of medical history. titlepage is decorated by a pair of spectacleframes, from which stream light rays coming Hirschberg (Geschichteder Augenbeilkunde, 1908,2 Ed. ii, 280,) mentions the Valdez monograph; andthere is a translation or (rather) transhtcration,1892, by Aibertotti of a French Codex of 1627. See,also, Garrisons History of Medicine, 1917. 2 Ed. from the right eye hole, filled by the sun;from the left, occupied by the moon. Themargins of these illustrations show variousophthalmic symbols. The con privilegio isplaced above the date and the publishersname. V S O DE LOS ANTOIOS IARA TODO GENERO DE VISTAS: En que fccofenaa conoccr los gtadjs qu;a csdivnolc fjlcan de fu vifta, y los que ticnen ijualcf- quier antojos. r^SSl MISMO yfQJ^E TIEMVO SE A N. de yjar, ycomjfe peJirjii enuujencu ,c(tnotiQiiiiijoi impoftanta, a la PtiliJjJyco/iJaruJCiuii Jt U Vijti. PORELL. BENITO DACA DEVALDES, Noc^rjodc elSanco OficiodclaCiudad deScvilla. TiEDlCyfDO A KVESTTi^A SENOX^ de U Fue/ifa iita Je la Qndad del CON PKlVlLfcOlOTir;<: T; IT S: iila p- r DiCif Poirj \. page of Valdezs essay on spectacles, Seville, 1623. Aibertotti {loc. cit.) endeavoured to securea copy of the work that he might comparethe MS. of the 1627 French translation,found in the Bibliotbcque Nationale withthe original, but the Paris Library did notpossess one; moreover, none of the seven170. More recently R. GreefT (Zeitscbr. J. , 97) has given a review of the Valdez treatise,based on the French translation transcribed byAibertotti. 150 The First Scientific Work on Spectacles 5 great European libraries that were luckyenough to own a Valdcz would loan it to aforeigner. With the exception of two exam-ples, one in Washington and one in theBritish Museum, the eight known copiesare held in Spain. Albertotti heard of a copy that had beenfor sale in Paris; I believe this to be theexample that, bought by a London dealer,found its way to the Surgeon GeneralsLibrary. Val
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