Author: PELLETAN, J.:
Title: Le microscope, son emploi et ses applications.
Description: Paris, G. Masson, 1876, gr. in-8vo, VIII + 772 p., with 278 woodcut text illustrations + 4 plates (plate 1 loose, pl. 1 to 3 each represent a full-page image of a microscope), interior crisp, brown morocco label with gilt lettered and decorated dedication mounted on inside frontcover 'A la communauté de l'Hospice de Grand S. Bernard. L'offrande de Madame la Baronne Burdett-Coutts 1877', library stamp on title, reliure en d.-cuir aux coins, dos orné or, tête doré. / brown half calf on raised bands and with corners decorated with gilt lining, slight rubbing, gilt edges. Very fine copy. ¶ An attractive copy of this scarce book on the microscope and microscopy. A description of microscopes "Technique du microscope" (p. 1-194) is followed by sections on applications to human histology, to botany, and to zoology. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Bracegridle p. 49.

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