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Le Microscope a la portée de tout le monde Ou description, calcul & explication de la nature, de l'usage & de la force des meilleurs microscopes; avec les méthodes nécessaires.... le détail des découvertes... un grand nombre d'expériences & d'observations... Trad. de l'anglois...
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First Thus (French translation). Contemporary full leather, with gilt decorated spine. Spine a little rubbed and stained, but still attractive. Lacks title label to the spine. Illustrated with 15 engraved plates (mostly folding). (Complete). These are of microscopes or observations made through them. Internally mainly clean and tidy throughout, with no major damage. The plates are clean and good impressions. There is a little staining to the corner of some of the pages. This was the only French edition of Baker's "Microscope made easy" published in 1742. This French edition was expanded from the English edition, with a section on Polyps and an addition engraving (of microscopes). This was described by "Microbiology Today" as the first Microscopy laboratory manual. Baker was central in popularising microscopes in the eighteenth century. Translation by Father Esprit Pezenas. Blake p.28 - Wellcome II.88 - Daumas scientific instruments. p.215 & 300 - Poggendorff 91 - Nissen 202. Pagination: xvii, [ii], 356 pages. 200 by 120mm (7Ÿ by 4Ÿ inches). Conforms to FirstSeach / OCLC: 14335924. .
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