Objects for the Microscope. Being a popular description of the most instructive and beautiful subjects for exhibition.
London: Groombridge and sons, 1871. The esteemed fourth edition, with the text expanded from the first, and with the chromolithograph plates, not included in some editions. First edition published in 1858. With eight chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece) and four text figures. At least three of the plates were designed by Mary King Ward and appeared in her own publications on microscopy. Boards lightly scuffed. Some shelfwear to head and foot of spine. Very light foxing throughout. A very good + bright and attractive copy of a work by a woman science and travel writer. Early twentieth-century full black calf. Boards with gilt borders and edges. Six panel gilt spine with red leather label. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Octavo. viii, 230 pp. Item #18064
Louisa Lana Clarke (1812–1883) was best known for her science writing, which includes the present work and The Common Seaweeds of the British Coast and Channel Islands (1865). Clarke, who was born in the Channel Islands, also wrote several travel guides to the area, including Redstone’s Guernsey Guide (1841) and The Island of Alderney (1851).
A handsome and comprehensive guide for budding scientists, the present work guides readers through miscroscope selection and proper microscope use, before surveying a wide range of British flora and fauna under magnification.
Price: $450.00