The Microscope: Its Construction and Management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope
by VAN HEURCK, Henri;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1893, First edition in English. . original pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture of microscope on cover, gilt title lettering, top edge gilted, cover stained, light wear, internal hinge cracked & repaired, some leaves stained in margin including frontis, good reading copy. . 4to [29 x 21 cm; xv, 382 pp, engraved frontis of author, plate, about 250 superb illustrations, mostly of microscopes and related equipment, index`. . Translated from the French by Wynne E. Baxter and augmented by the author. Notable for its fine illustrations of microscopes and related equipment including camera lucida, polarizing apparatus, spectroscope, etc, projection microscopes, as well as detailed explanations on their uses. A massive and large format work. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13747
- Title
- The Microscope: Its Construction and Management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope
- Author
- VAN HEURCK, Henri;
- Format/Binding
- Original pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture of microscope on cover, gilt title lettering, top edge gilted, cover stained, l
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1893, First edition in English.
- Size
- 4to [29 x 21 cm; xv, 382 pp, eng
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Science & Technology;
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