A worthy treatise of the eyes
Subtitle: contayning the knowledge and cure of one hundred and thirtene diseases, incident vnto them: first gathered & written in French, by Iacques Guillemeau, chyrurgion to the French King, and now translated into English, togeather with a profitable treatise of the scorbie; & another of the cancer by A.H. Also next to the treatise of the eies is adoiyned a work touching the preseruation of the sight, set forth by VV. Bailey. D. of Phisick
Contributors: Weyer, Johann, 1515-1588.; Textor, Benoît, 16th cent.; Hunton, Anthony.
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1272:15.
Publisher: Printed by Robert Waldegraue for Thomas Man and VVilliam Brome
Published: 1587
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Scurvy -- Early works to 1800.; Cancer -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: De cancri natura et curatione.
Work titles: Traité des maladies de l'oeil.
Notes: A translation by Anthony Hunton of: Guillemeau, Jacques. Traité des maladies de l'oeil.

Includes "A discourse of the scorby", translated from "Medicarum observationum rararum" by Johann Weyer; and "Of the nature and diuers kindes of cancers or cankers", translated from "De cancri natura et curatione" by Benoît Textor; register is continuous throughout.

Signatures: A-I¹² chiK¹² (-chiK12) K-M¹² .

Numerous errors in pagination; pagination deduced from signature collation.

See Poynter, F.N.L. Notes on a late-sixteenth-century ophthalmic work in English. The Library, ser. 5, 2 (1947), p. 173-9.

Imperfect; lacks dedication, table of contents, and treatise by W. Bailey.

Reproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.

STC (2nd ed.) 12499.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1977. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1272:15).