The Microscope by Dr Henri Van Heurck – Original First Edition in English circa 1893
£475
Original green cloth, lettered in gilt and with a proto-type Watson Van Heurck microscope in gilt on the upper cover, other edges uncut. Minor marks on the outer cover & spine, inner hinges just cracking, minor foxing on the first and last few leaves, otherwise a very good copy of this handsome book. Note: this book is ex-libris Edward Praill.
Circa
1893
Maker
Crosby Lockwood & Son
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
The book covers the microscope in terms of its construction and management, including usage techniques. Also covers photo-micrography, the past and future of the microscope including details of major manufacturers of the time such as Crouch, Powell & Lealand, Ross, Watson, Zeiss and others. English edition, re-edited and augmented by the author. Translated from the 4th edition in French by Wynne E. Baxter.
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1893
Good copy of this work, being the English translation, it is a particularly handsome volume of 382 large pages, with over 200 illustrations. A part is devoted to the preparation of objects and different types of microtome are included. This work remains one of the classics of microscopy.
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Arcboutant Scientific
Arcboutant Scientific based in Glasgow Scotland, with an interest in scientific collectables dating back to 1988. Now making available carefully curated fine examples, principally of antique microscopes and associated scientific equipment by quality English and Continental makers, to collectors world-wide.
