William B. Carpenter — The Microscope and Its Revelations

London, John Churchill and Sons, 1868. Cloth. William Carpenter's popular and important treatise on microscopes, an illustrated work on the developing technology. The fourth edition.Illustrated with two frontispiece, twenty-three plates, and in-text woodcuts.Collated, complete. A comprehensive volume that details the revelations and science of the microscope, a brilliant volume on the technology, written in the still early days of its development.First published in 1856, this work became a popular treatise on the microscope, and encourage many to explore the technology.Written by physician, zoologist, and physiologist, William Benjamin Carpenter. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, the rear board is detached but present. Loss and lifting to the head of the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing and a few marks to the boards and spine. Small chips to the front joint. Front hinge is starting but firm. Tide mark to the rear paste down. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Last gathering is working loose. Frontispiece are detaching a small amount to the head. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .