William B. Carpenter — The Microscope and Its Revelations

London, John Churchill, 1862. Cloth. The influential, illustrated microscopy handbook from William Carpenter. The third edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with ten monochrome plates, including two frontispieces, and numerous figures in the text. Collated, complete. 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. Externally, reasonably smart with cracking to both joints, most notably to the front, leaving both boards a little vulnerable. With a few small tears to the spine head and tail, and scattered marking to the spine and boards. Internally, binding a little fragile in places, most notably to the hinges but also to pages 96, 128, 144, 256, 288, 496 and 512. A reasonably bright and clean copy with sporadic spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .