Observations of natural history, made with the microscope, ...

Two volumes in one volume in-4, full marbled calf, ribbed spine, decorated boxes, XX- 38 pp., 14 f. of pl. depl. ; [2] - 124 pp., 15 f. of pl. depl. ; VI-78 pp. ; 27 pp. , 24 f. of pl. depl. Minimal wear. Exemplary of great freshness. Second posthumous and augmented edition (the first in 1718) of the first French treatise on microscopy and protozoa discovered in the previous century by the Dutch trader and scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. The first part takes again the observations of Joblot: "Description of a kind of Fly which is seen ordinarily on the surface of the Wine and on that of the Vinegar", "Of the salts in general", "New discoveries of Animals found in an infusion of tinder ”,“ Of the Fish that I named Aries, seen in stagnant water ”, etc. The second deals with the construction of the microscope: "Description and use of a new universal microscope, with two, three and four glasses", "How much the Lenses grow in size", "Description and use of a very small mounted Microscope of a single lens ”, and so on. Illustrated with 53 folding plates with text embellished with 4 identical historiated bands depicting the author observing under a microscope. Joblot (1645-1723) was professor of geometry at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and the inventor of many microscopes. in-4 °. Ref. No. Bookseller Inventory # 94499