12mo - 19 x 13 cm.; xvi - 154 pp. First English edition. Brown buckram over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and the front board. The corners are bumped with mild wear to them and the spine ends. Previous owner's name plate (Alumnae Library - Ottawa) on the front paste down end paper. This is the authorized translation from the 2nd French edition by F. Park Lewis MD. Contents are: Characteristics of the Blind, Valentine Hauy and His Work, The Schools for the Blind, The Blind in Society. The French edition was first published in 1889 by Hachette & Co. A nice copy of a pioneering work.