William B. Carpenter; W. H. Dallinger — The Microscope and Its Revelations

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1891 . Cloth. A comprehensive and highly illustrated microscopy guide from William Carpenter. Seventh edition, revised by W. H. Dallinger. In the publisher's original green cloth binding, smartly rebacked. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty further plates, a number of which are coloured, 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. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, rebacked in matching green cloth, with the spine laid down. Boards reasonablly faded and marked, the most significant mark being to the fore edge of the front board. Internally, generally firmly bound, weaker to the front hinge. A reasonably bright and clean copy with occasional spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages, and tide marking towards the bottom edge, more so to the first twenty pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .