William B. Carpenter — The Microscope and Its Revelations

London, John Churchill, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this popular, illustrated, early microscopy guide. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, smartly rebacked. Illustrated throughout with a number of examples in the text, several of which are full page. An influential scientific work by the significant physician, zoologist and physiologist William Benjamin Carpenter, exploring the practical use and endless capacity of the microscope, including chapters on microscopic vegetable and animal life. A brilliant volume on the technology, written in the still-early days of its development. In the publisher's original cloth binding, smartly rebacked with the spine laid down. Externally, smart with light marking, and slight loss to the original cloth at the spine head and tail and a previous tear down the centre of the spine, now neat and secure. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean with scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .