264 - Microscopy.-ÂDella TorreÂ(Giovanni Maria)ÂNuove Osservazioni Microscopiche, first edition,Â14 engraved folding plates, occasionalÂlight foxing, 1 or 2 ink corrections to text and 12 plates with ink annotations to image,ÂMarcel Bekus ink-stamp to front free endpaper and title verso,Âcontemporary calf-backed boards, extremities worn, [Poggendoff II 1118], 4to, Naples, con Licenza de'Superiori,Â1776.

Microscopy.-ÂDella TorreÂ(Giovanni Maria)ÂNuove Osservazioni Microscopiche, first edition,Â14 engraved folding plates, occasionalÂlight foxing, 1 or 2 ink corrections to text and 12 plates with ink annotations to image,ÂMarcel Bekus ink-stamp to front free endpaper and title verso,Âcontemporary calf-backed boards, extremities worn, [Poggendoff II 1118], 4to, Naples, con Licenza de'Superiori,Â1776. ***ÂRare work on microscopy. Giovanni Maria della Torre (1710-1782) was an Italian scientist and corresponding member of the academies of Paris, Berlin, and the Royal Society of London. He perfected the oculars of telescopes and succeeded, like Toricelli, in constructing powerful microscopes by using small glass globes.