Thomas Charters-White, [add. Maurice Amsler] — The Microscope and How to Use It: A Handbook for Beginners

London, Robert Sutton, 1907. Cloth. A revised and enlarged beginner's handbook to operating microscopes, published when instruments were becoming cheaper and more powerful. The revised and enlarged third edition of The Microscope and How to Use it: A Beginner's handbook, written by President of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Thomas Charters-White, with an additional chapter on staining bacteria by scientist Maurice Amsler. Published in 1907, first published in 1893. In the publisher's original blue cloth, with a frontispiece of a spider's foot and numerous in-text illustrations. Published at a time when microscopes when modern light microscopes were becoming both more powerful and accessible with cheaper prices, Charters-White teaches readers basic principles for beginners to learn. The enlarged edition contains an additional chapter on using marine aquariums for microscopic research. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, smart, with minimal marks. Minor rubbing to joints. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Offsetting to end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Faint creases to heads of hinges. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning to edges. Very Good . Ill.: Thomas Charters-White. Very Good .