The Microscopic Cabinet of Select Animated Objects; The Achromatic Microscope; A History of Microtechnique; 18th-Century Microscopes: A Synopsis

Four attractive volumes within a scarce series celebrating microscopes and their contribution to science, profusely illustrated. Four volumes within the scarce History of Microscopy series, edited by microscope specialist and pathologist James B. McCormcick, and his wife Suzanne, all volumes published in 1987. In the publisher's original green cloth. A pathologist having worked heavily with microscopes, McCormick gained a fascination with antique microscopes and was inspired to build his own replica collection after visiting the Science History Museum in Oxford. This attractive series was designed to accompany the collection of replicas he built, printing attractive facsimiles on foundational works within microscopy and his own history. - The Microscopic Cabinet of Select Animated Objects; with a Description of the Jewel and Doublet Microscope, Test objects, written by Andrew Pritchard. Facsimile edition. Contains all thirteen colour plates to the rear. Collated complete (1987, first published in 1832). - The Achromatic Microscope: A Treatise on the Construction, Proper Use, and Capabilities of Smith, Beck & Beck's Achromatic Microscopes, written by Richard Beck. Facsimile edition. Contains a frontispiece, all twenty-seven other plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete. (1987, first published in 1865). - A History of Microtechnique: The Evolution of Microtome and the Development of Tissue Preparation, written by Brian Bracegirdle. Second edition. Contains all forty-nine monochrome plates, all thirty-two colour plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete (1987, first published 1978). - 18th-Century Microscopes: A Synopsis of History and Workbook, written by J.B. McCormick. The first edition. Contains all eight colour plates of McCormick's replicas and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete (1987) In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, smart, with minimal edgewear. A couple of faint marks to top extremity of Bracegirdle and to Beck front board. Small knocks to spines heads of Pritchard, Beck and to head and tail of McCormick, and to top extremities of three. Faint browning to McCormick end paper hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.…