A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope, Including the Different Methods of Preparing and Examining Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Structures
by QUEKETT, John;
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- first
- Condition
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, H. Bailliere, Publisher, 1855, third edition, with additions. . contemporary full prize calf, gilt spine title lettering, elaborate gilt design on spine, marbled endpapers & edges, light edge wear, spine end lightly chipped, small bookplate of Harry Thomas & inscription to him by headmaster, minor foxing, very good+. . 8vo [22 14.5 cm]; xxii, [i], 556 pp, 11 plates including folding (short tear on one), frontis, 306 other illustrations including full-page, few colored, index. . This edition, with excellent illustrations of microscopes and accessories, has had about 100 pages added to first edition of 1848. Detailed descriptions of all aspects of microscope operation, as well as manipulation of subjects. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13689
- Title
- A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope, Including the Different Methods of Preparing and Examining Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Structures
- Author
- QUEKETT, John;
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary full prize calf, gilt spine title lettering, elaborate gilt design on spine, marbled endpapers & edges, light e
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London, H. Bailliere, Publisher, 1855, third edition, with additions.
- Size
- 8vo [22 14.5 cm]; xxii, [i], 556
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Science & Technology;
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