Holmgren, [Alarik] F. [Frithiof] (Signed).

De La Cécité (Cecite) Des Couleurs Dans Ses Rapports Avec Les Chemins De Fer Et La Marine

      Stockholm: Imprimerie Centrale, 1877. Very Good SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO PROFESSOR RAVIER BY F. HOLMGREN. A Very Good First Edition in French in original printed wrappers with ink stamp front cover, mild cover edge wear, soil and age darkening covers and edges, small chew marks lower spine and lower rear corner. Complete with color plate frontispiece. 8vo. 142 pp. G-M 5916. Waller 4853. A serious railway accident in Sweden in 1875 was believed by Holmgren to be due to colour blindness, and resulted in the above important paper dealing with the condition and its relation to railway and maritime traffic.