HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE; Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Microscope as a Mans of Amusement and Instruction. By Edwin Lankester, M.D. Illustrated from Nature by Tuffen West. A New Edition. With Chapter on the Polariscope by F. Kitton.
Published by Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. [n.d. c.1876], London, 1876
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8vo. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. xx + 130 pp. + 64 pp. publisher's catalogue. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with blind stamped borders to boards and gilt spine decorations at head and tail. A little wear to extremities, sunning of spine and spotting of edges; otherwise a very good copy. Small bookplate. Optician's stamp on half title. Illustrated by 9 plates, including colour frontispiece and by 30 wood engraved text figures. Popular work on microscopy with an additional chapter on polarised light. It includes the preface to the third edition of about 1860. By Edwin Lankester (1814-74), surgeon and naturalist, who was one of the investigators of the London cholera outbreaks of the 1850s. He had a particular interest in water supply and was the first public analyst in England. Editions of this best selling title appeared from 1857-1918. Illustrated by Tuffen West, F.LS., F.R.M.S. (1823-91), naturalist, microscopic artist and populariser of microscopy (HAL SHS website). NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE MICROSCOPES NATURAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE.…
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- Title
- HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE; Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Microscope as a Mans of Amusement and Instruction. By Edwin Lankester, M.D. Illustrated from Nature by Tuffen West. A New Edition. With Chapter on the Polariscope by F. Kitton.
- Author
- LANKESTER, EDWIN.
- Publisher
- Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. [n.d. c.1876], London
- Publication year
- 1876
Marrins Bookshop
Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom
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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.…
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