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Thoughts on Animalcules: or, a Glimpse of the Invisible World Revealed by the Microscope

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Thoughts on Animalcules: or, a Glimpse of the Invisible World Revealed by the Microscope

Name: Thoughts on Animalcules: or, a Glimpse of the Invisible World Revealed by the Microscope
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Author: Mantell, Gideon Algernon

by Mantell, Gideon Algernon

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London: John Murray, 1850. New edition. Small square octavo, pp xvi, 144, (4). + publisher's catalogue 8 pages, with 12 lithographed plates, delicately hand-coloured, all edges gilt, very clean internally, a contemporary signature on the front endpaper [Charles H. Hingeston, 1852], original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, slightly faded, a little worn at the corners, very neatly re-backed with a modern cloth spine, unlettered. Still a very pleasing copy of a work which is difficult to find in good condition. [In many ways a ground-breaking work, as was much of Mantell's opus. It alerted the Victorians to an aspect of natural history which had previously largely escaped them, and was a remarkable precursor to the germ theory.]. Cloth. Very Good.

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Bookseller: Mike Park Ltd (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 014884
Title: Thoughts on Animalcules: or, a Glimpse of the Invisible World Revealed by the Microscope
Author: Mantell, Gideon Algernon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Publisher: John Murray
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1850
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: microscopy.microscope.
Bookseller catalogs: Invertebrates; History of Science; Victorian;

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