The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Application Being a Familiar Introduction to the Use of the Instrument, and the Study of Microscopical Science

A smart twelfth edition of this vastly illustrated study of the microscope. Twelfth edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, and over five hundred engravings. Collated complete. A detailed historical study on the invention of and improvements to the microscope, with chapters on the formation of images, illumination, characteristics of cells, different discoveries, the mineral kingdom, and much more. Written by Jabez Hogg, an English ophthalmic surgeon and early photographer. Illustrated by Truffen West, a British plant biologist and artist. In the original full brown crushed morocco. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning and minor spotting to the endpapers. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good.