Frick, Diseases of the Eye, 1823

A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye; Including the Doctrines and Practice of the Most Eminent Modern Surgeons, and Particularly Those of Professor Beer. By George Frick, M. D.  (kappa lambda?) of H. Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Baltimore General Dispensary. With an Engraving. Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun. John D. Toy, Printer. 1823. 
 
Plain bluish-grey boards (likely original) with grey paper spine. Boards scuffed and stained. Corners bumped. Hinges reinforced. Remnants of a bookplate on verso of ffep. Half title torn with loss of top third. Plate complete but torn along one fold. Minimal foxing, otherwise clean, bright, and tight throughout. Untrimmed margins. 
Ffep, xix, 320, folding plate, rfep. 
 
George Frick (1793-1870). G-M 5844: “First American textbook of ophthalmology by the first American who is believed to have restricted his practice to diseases of the eye. Frick studied under Georg Beer in Vienna.”