The Light Microscope: Its Use & Development

Description:

First edition. Scarce. This book explains the development of the microscope over a period of about 400 years. Detailed attention is given to the Victorian period when development was particularly rapid. Many accessories from this era are explained both in terms of function and application, enabling them to be identified and understood. This information will be of value to historians and collectors as well as to all users of the light microscope. A readable definitive reference book bringing together the story of the light microscope from the turn of the 16th century, through its great periods of development to the present time.

Condition

Vg in price-clipped d/w. Previous owner's name and ex libris stamp to endpaper.