Microscope by Honourable Mrs Ward (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Groombridge and Sons, London, 1860
- Hardcover
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. A charmingly illustrated guide on the use of the microscope by Irish scientist Mary Ward, with coloured plates. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with eight coloured plates, and in text illustrations by the author. Collated, complete. A work by Mary Ward, anIrish naturalist, astro…nomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She illustrated her books and articles herself, as well as many books and papers by other scientists. This volume provides a guide to microscopes, with sections on how to observe a variety of objects. Undated, dated from a matching copy held at the Queen's Univeristy of Belfast. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Rubbing to joints, causing cloth to split. Light marks to rear boards. Lacking the front free endpaper. Sticker to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright ad clean, with the odd spot. Stamp to title page. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
