[Rarebooks] FS: An illustrated history of the microscope. London: 1854. Near fine 1st ed.

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(MICROSCOPY) Hogg, Jabez. THE MICROSCOPE: ITS HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, AND APPLICATIONS. Being a Familiar Introduction to the Use of the Instrument and the Study of Microscopical Science. Illustrated with Upwards of Five Hundred Engravings. London: Published at the office of the Illustrated London Library... 1854. First edition. xvi,440pp. Index. Plus (8)pp. publisher's catalog. Added engraved pictorial title page. Illustrated with 15 engraved plates (1, a frontispiece) and 169 text figures (most with multiple images). Decorative pictorial green cloth stamped in blind & gilt. Minor foxing of first few leaves, but still a near fine, bright copy in original cloth.         $300.00 (trade discount allowed)

 

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