The Microscope Made Easy: or, I. The Nature, Uses and Magnifying Powers of the best Kinds of Microscopes II. An Account of what surprizing Discoveries have been already made by the Microscope .

Henry Baker, fellow of the Royal Society, and member of the Society of Antiquaries.

Published by London: Dodsley, Cooper and Cuff., 1744

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8vo. xvi, 22, [2], 23-98, [4], 99-311, [13] pp. With 15 engraved plates, many folding and 1 folding table. With the index. The third edition with an additional plate of the Solar Microscope, and some farther accounts of the Polype. In contemporary mottled calf, re-backed with letter-piece gilt and hand-sewn end-bands. Front paste-down with ownership signature dated 1799 and ffep with another for L. Harrison Matthews, the noted marine zoologist and Fellow of the Royal Society. Title-page has a neat pencil inscription at the foot noting that Baker was married to the daughter of Daniel Defoe [his youngest, Sophia]. He later (under the name of Henry Stonecastle) went on to start the Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal with him in 1728. In very good condition throughout. ESTC T90180.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Microscope Made Easy: or, I. The Nature, Uses and Magnifying Powers of the best Kinds of Microscopes II. An Account of what surprizing Discoveries have been already made by the Microscope .
• Publisher: London: Dodsley, Cooper and Cuff.
• Publication Date: 1744
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good