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185 original microphotographs, silver prints by Ludwig Leitz pasted recto and verso onto 20 grey cardboard leaves, various sizes, c. 100 x 80 mm (90 photographs) ; c. 150 x 110 mm (70 photographs) ; c. 128 x 225 mm (4 photographs) ; and 210 x 208 mm (11 photographs). All prints are numbered in pencil on the image and most are captioned in white ink with indication of magnification ratio. Cont. red half calf over pebbled red paper covers. Folio (410 x 345 mm). Extremeties slightly worn, spine and covers rubbed.Gerlach. Geschichte der Mikroskopie pp. 790/791. Exceptional and superbly preserved large album containing 185 silver prints by Ludwig Leitz (1867-1898). The Leitz company from Wetzlar was already one of the leading manufacturers of microphotographic apparatus in Germany in the 1870s. However, a real upswing in scientific microphotography only began with the work of Robert Koch, which is why Leitz produced a newly developed microphotographic apparatus with the number 50 in 1880. The designer was… Read More