Essays on the Microscope; Containing a Practical Description of the Most Improved Microscopes; A General History of Insects, their Transformantions, Peculiar Habitats, and Oeconomy

Adams, George; Frederick Kanmacher

Published by Printed by Dillon and Keating for the Editor; and for W. and S. Jones, London, 1798

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The second edition with considerable additions and improvements by Frederick Kanmacher. xvii, (7), 724 pp. with 32 plates. Lacking publisher's catalogue. Hardcover, rebound in morocco over marbled boards. The preliminary leaves and plates damp stained, the plates also with significant offset; the text with light scattered foxing.

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Title: Essays on the Microscope; Containing a Practical Description of the Most Improved Microscopes; A General History of Insects, their Transformantions, Peculiar Habitats, and Oeconomy
Publisher: Printed by Dillon and Keating for the Editor; and for W. and S. Jones, London
Publication Date: 1798
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: Fair

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