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483 - Two works on different subjects bound together. 8vo (text unmarked, some spotting). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt ornamentation on the spine with raised bands, red edges (rubbed, some minor defects, front joint splitting). 1. Baker, Henry - The Microscope Within Everyone’s Reach, or A Description, Calculation, and Explanation of the Nature, Use, and Power of the Best Microscopes [...]. Paris, Jombert, 1754. First and only edition of the French translation by the Jesuit E. Pezenas of “The Microscope Made Easy” (London 1742) by H. Baker (1698–1774). Illustrated with 15 engraved fold-out plates showing different models of microscopes and various micro-organisms. Ref. Conlon 54:426. - Blake 28. - Wellcome II:88. - 2. Le Cat, Claude-Nicolas - Treatise on the Senses. Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1744. Third, partly original edition (1st 1740) of this work on the five senses, by the Rouen surgeon Le Cat (1700–1768). Engraved illustrations: vignette on title and 19 plates (10 of which are folded) showing the organs of the ear and eye. Ref. Wellcome III:468. - Blake 260. - STCN.
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Two works on different subjects bound together. 8vo (text unmarked, some spotting). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt ornamentation on the spine with raised bands, red edges (rubbed, some minor defects, front joint splitting). 1. Baker, Henry - The Microscope Within Everyone’s Reach, or A Description, Calculation, and Explanation of the Nature, Use, and Power of the Best Microscopes [...]. Paris, Jombert, 1754. First and only edition of the French translation by the Jesuit E. Pezenas of “The Microscope Made Easy” (London 1742) by H. Baker (1698–1774). Illustrated with 15 engraved fold-out plates showing different models of microscopes and various micro-organisms. Ref. Conlon 54:426. - Blake 28. - Wellcome II:88. - 2. Le Cat, Claude-Nicolas - Treatise on the Senses. Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1744. Third, partly original edition (1st 1740) of this work on the five senses, by the Rouen surgeon Le Cat (1700–1768). Engraved illustrations: vignette on title and 19 plates (10 of which are folded) showing the organs of the ear and eye. Ref. Wellcome III:468. - Blake 260. - STCN.
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