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Various places: and publishers,, 1891-1921.. Over 930 pages; 12mo & 8vo, bound in original cloth or boards. Illustrated with 18 plates and numerous text figures. ¶ Comprises: BECK, Conrad. The Microscope. A simple handbook. First edition. London, R. & J. Beck, 1921 - CABRERA, Angel. Los Animales Microscopicos. (Madrid), Espasa-Calpe, 1934 - COTTON, A. & H. MOUTON. Les Ultramicroscopes… Read more

London,: W. Watson & Sons,, (1924).. 36 pp. 12mo (12,5 x 18 cm.). Original [printed wrappers. With numerous illustrations. ¶ The house of Watson was renowned for their quality optical and scientific instruments. One of the most famous of them is the Henri Van Heurck microscope (build ca. 1910).

London,: R. & J. Beck,, 1921.. 144 pp. 8vo (14 x 21,5 cm.).Original cloth (slightly faded and some clear stains). With 131 illustrations in the text. ¶ Pp. 135-141 is a list of "Price of Instruments and Apparatus described in previous opages (1922).

London,: C. Arthur Pearson,, 1906.. xxiv, 118, [ii] pp. 12mo (11 x 17 cm.). Original cloth (slightly dust soiled; rear side slightly stained). With 30 text figures and 8 plates.

Paris,: Masson & Cie.,, 1906.. [iv], 232 pp. 8vo (15,5 x 22,5 cm.). Contemporary red cloth, spine gilt lettered on black morocco label. With some text illustrations.

(Madrid),: Espasa-Calpe,, 1934. 93, [iii] pp. Small 4to (15 x 19 cm.). Orihinal half cloth over printed boards. With 6 plates and numerous text figures. ¶ A charming introduction to microscopy and microbiology, published in the series "Libros de la Naturaleza".

London,: George Routgedge and Sons,, (1891). iv, 132 pp. 12mo (11 x 17 cm.). Orginal illustrated cloth (faded, soiled & stained, corners worn and slightly bumped). Withl text illustrations and upwards of 400 illustrations on 12 plates by Tuffen West. ¶ Probably the most popular introduction to microscopy during the Victorian era. First published in 1861 and last time… Read more

Leipzig,: Johann Ambrosius Barth,, 1909.. 88 leaves printed at one side only. 12mo (12,5 x 17,3 cm.). Original green publisher's cloth. ¶ A very good and clean copy.

New York,: Gilbert Company,, 1938.. 112, [iv] pp. Small 8vo (13 x 17 cm.). Original coloured wrappers. With numerous illustrations. ¶ The instruction manual for one of Gilbert's most popular sets.

Dijon & Paris: Decentes, Desaint & Saillant (a.o.),, 1758.. [iv], xl, 673 pp. 4to (22.5 x 29 cm.). Contemporary half roan with 5 raised bands (some very minor rubbing), marbled boards; entirely uncut. Title and half-title printed in red and black, one folding table, devices and initial letters, a nice vignette, and 36 very fine, large folding, engraved plates.… Read more

Antwerpen,: Kon. Mij. voor Dierkunde,, 1971.. viii, 127, [i] pp. Large 8vo. (17.5 x 26 cm.). Original printed wrappers (slightly dust soiled). With a portrait of the author, 40 large photographs of miscrosopes and 5 other illustrations. ¶ This is a study about the magnifying and resolving power of non-achromatic simple and compound microscopes of the 18th and early… Read more