Work Microscope Humble Creatures Earthworm by Lionel Beale James Samuelson (1 results)
More imagesPublished by John Churchill; John Van Voorst 1857; 1860, London, 1857
- Hardcover
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. A pair of first editions bound in one full calf prize binding, illustrated throughout. A pair of first editions bound in one, in full brown calf, and decorated with the gilt crest of Edinburgh Collegiate School, gilt tooling to spine, and marbled endpapers and text block edges.With corresponding pr…ize bookplate to front paste down.Volume one is comprised of eight lectures on the use and function of the microscope.Volume two, specifically detailing the intricacies of the earthworm and the housefly, and features a monochrome frontispiece and seven further monochrome plates of microscopic illustrations. Collated, complete.Bound by MacLaren & MacNiven, with binder's stamp to front blank.Prize bookplate to front paste down, signed by A. Hamilton Bryce, headmaster, translator, and Scottish classics schoolmaster. Bound in full prize calf. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. Small bump to front board. Joints slightly starting, but firm. Prize bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
