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Dissertatio inauguralis de propriorum oculorum defectibus ad leges mechanices revocatis ...

Ott, Johannes, 1639-1717 · 1671 · Basileae : Apud Jacobum Werenfelsium · 1 picture

A Latin medical dissertation by Johannes Ott, printed in Basel in 1671 by Jacob Werenfels, written as an academic thesis on defects of the eye for university-trained readers. The single picture is a woodcut of a flowering bouquet set in a footed urn, with tulips, a fritillary, and a carnation rendered in dense black-and-white line work that shows how engraved botanical ornament can be built from hatching and contour.

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