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THE GREAT AGE OF THE MICROSCOPE
by Turner, Gerard L'E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0852740204
- ISBN 13
- 9780852740200
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, ix, 379 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white and red lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Minor shelf wear. Light rubbing to covers and light creasing along edges of dust jacket. Some foxing to top edge of textblock. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Science. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378961. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1378961
- Title
- THE GREAT AGE OF THE MICROSCOPE
- Author
- Turner, Gerard L'E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0852740204
- ISBN 13
- 9780852740200
- Publisher
- Adam Hilger
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1989
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