HARTING, PIETER.

Het mikroskoop, deszelfs gebruik, geschiedenis en tegenwoordige toestand. Een handboek voor natuur- en geneeskundigen. 3 vols.

Utrecht, Van Paddenburg & Comp., 1848-50.

8vo. Three contemporary half calf bindings. Spines with gilt-stamped leather title. X,(2),413,(1);IX,(3),356;XVII,(3),524 pp. with 5 folding tables and 18 lithographed folding plates by J. L. Wichelshausen.

First edition. Harting's extensive encyclopedic work on the theory, use and history of the microscope - the first full historical treatment of that subject. A supplement to volume 2 (dealing with microscopic research) was published in 1858 in Tiel. DSB: VI, pp. 1327-38.

Order-nr.: 29905