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Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Fourth Edition. Crudely bound in fine ribbed modern cloth. Slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Dover Public Library with the owner's bookplate and library marks. Series; Bohn's standard library. Physical description; vol. I (only): 518 pages ; 1 portrait (including frontispiece) ; 19 cm. Subjects; Inventions History. Science history. Inventions. Inventions History. Trades and industries History. Discoveries in science History. Technological innovations. Material culture. Inventions History. Discoveries in science History. Inventions. Science Technology History. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 48 pp., Soft Covers, Very Good. Illustrated. With Compliments dedication plate present.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope' by John William Griffith is a comprehensive guide to the world of microscopy. This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the historical techniques and principles of using the microscope as a vital scientific instrument. Delve into the intricacies of specimen preparation and mounting, essential skills for anyone interested in exploring the microscopic world.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope' by John William Griffith is a comprehensive guide to the world of microscopy. This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the historical techniques and principles of using the microscope as a vital scientific instrument. Delve into the intricacies of specimen preparation and mounting, essential skills for anyone interested in exploring the microscopic world.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. DUNCANNON Lord. SANDBY P.MARLOW. WHEATLEYF. BEILBY W. GRIFFITH M. INGLEBY J. SANDBY T. etc (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG+, 3 volumes as one, 1st eds, 64 pls, 1787, 94 & 92 In oblong contemporary dark green straight grained morocco gilt, with the gilt cipher ''XS'' surmounted by a crown at the head of the spine, a.e.g., Internally, bound without the half title, engraved tp (Seats of the Nobility and Gentry), followed by 40 pls (B&W & dated 1786-1795) each with a leaf of descriptive text. Bound With: Select Views in the Cities of Bath and Bristol, tp, followed by 12 pls (B&W, dated 1794), lacks all the descriptive text leaves. Bound With: Collection of Views of Gentlemen's Seats, 1792, John and Josiah Boydell, [2] titlepage, 7 leaves of descriptive text, 12 pls (B&W, dated 1792). Gilt tooling to board edges, & turn-ins, library letter Z6 to fpd, crease to ffep leaf, some light foxing and offsetting. With sixty-four engraved plates, most with accompanying descriptive letterpress. Good early impressions of a fine collection of plates, complete as they stand. The three volumes would appear to have been bound up very soon after they were issued and so do not incorporate any plates published subsequently. 'In little estimation except the impressions be good' - Lowndes. The Angus contains 40 plates only of 63, although the remaining plates would appear to have been issued subsequently to 1787. Watts' Bath and Bristol contains 12 plates, of Bath only, dated 1794 although Abbey's copy was a later issue calling for 15 plates with the date 1819. The descriptive letter press is absent. Griffith's Wales also contains 12 plates, (dated 1792) without the 4 plates issued subsequently in 1795. (192*266 mm). (ESTC T145837. N28006).

4th edition. Finely bound in aniline calf over buckram boards. Raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes bound in 1; 829 pages, 53 plates; 22 cm. Contents: v. 1. Text .-- v. 2. Plates. Subjects: Microscopy; Natural history; Dictionaries; Life Sciences; Biology; 19th Century Science. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. 12mo. Original blind stamped black cloth. xxiii, 518; xii, 548. Frontis portrait to each volume. Slight bowing to boards, bumping to corners. Cloth is faded, spines sunned, some rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked but holding firmly. Ownership inscription to head of title page of vol. I. Portraits a bit foxed, otherwise a fine set.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4th ed., carefully revised and enlarged by William Francis . and J.W. Griffith .; 2 v. 2 port. (incl. front.) 19 cm. ; Series: Bohn's standard library ; LCCN: 05-33752 ; LC: T15; Dewey: 608.9 ; OCLC: 564976 ; Tr. from the German, by William Johnston. ; German edition published 1783-1805 with title: Beyträge zur geschichte der erfindungen. ; "Although the plan of this new edition of Beckmann's ' History of Inventions and Discoveries' was to confine it to the subjects treated of in the original work, yet we feel it imperative to make an exception in favour of the Steam-Engine, the most important of all modern inventions. " ; Contents: Vol.1 -- Italian Bookkeeping -- Refining Gold and Silver Ore by Quicksilver -- Canary Bird -- Secret Poison -- Wooden Bellows -- Waterclocks Clepsydras -- Ananas Pineapple -- Coloured Glass Artificial Gems -- Collections of Natural Curiosities -- Chimneys -- Hungary Water -- Apothecaries -- Clocks and Watches -- Quarantine -- Paperhangings -- Kermes Cochineal -- Sealingwax -- Verdigris or Spanish Green -- Alum -- Falconry -- Turf -- Artichoke -- Sawmills -- Stamped Paper -- Adulteration of Wine -- Artificial Pearls -- Paving of Streets -- Writingpens -- Wiredrawing -- Buckwheat -- Saddles -- Horseshoes -- Floating of Wood -- Lace -- Cobalt Zaffer Smalt -- Turkeys -- Butter -- Aurum Fulminans -- Vol 2 -- The Steam-Engine, and Discoveries of James Watt -- Lending and Pawnbroking -- Chemical Names of Metals -- Zinc -- Carp -- Camp-mills -- Mirrors -- Glass-cutting. Etching on Glass -- Soap -- Madder -- Jugglers, Rope-dancers, Automata -- Artificial Ice. Cooling Liquors -- Hydrometer -- Lighting of Streets -- Night-watch -- Plant-skeletons -- Bills of Exchange -- Tin. Tinning -- Sowing-machines -- Manganese -- Prince Rupert's Drops. Lacrymae Vitreae -- Fire-engines -- Indigo -- Vanes. Weathercocks -- Gilding -- Fur Dresses -- Steel -- Stamping-works -- Kitchen Vegetables -- Knitting Nets and Stockings. Stocking-Loom -- Hops -- Black Lead -- Sal-Ammoniac -- Forks -- Lottery. Tontine -- Bologna Stone -- Foundling Hospitals -- Orphan Houses -- Infirmaries. Hospitals for Invalids. Field Lazarettos -- Cock-fighting -- Saltpetre. Gunpowder. Aquafortis -- Book-censors -- Exclusive Privilege for Printing Books -- Catalogues of Books -- Ribbon-Loom -- Guns. Gun-Locks; foxing, else VG/VG. Book.