Essays on the History of the Microscope

Description:

Twelve essays by a leading expert on the history of optical instruments covering a wide variety of topics, of interest to users and collectors of microscopes, as well as scholars, museum staff and the antiques trade. Subjects covered range from the construction of the instrument to the societies formed in great numbers in the Victorian period; from microscope makers to the extensive literature generated by the microscope.

Condition

Front endpaper neatly removed. Good.