1305 - 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 (Ch. A. Jombert) 1754. In-8°, contemporary watermark plate with flaking, marbled endpapers, xvi + [iv] + 356 pages with 15 fold-out plates. A fine copy.

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 (Ch. A. Jombert) 1754. In-8°, contemporary watermark plate with flaking, marbled endpapers, xvi + [iv] + 356 pages with 15 fold-out plates. A fine copy. First edition in French, translated by Esprit Pezenas from the 1742 English edition. Five of the plates depict the instruments, one of which shows a solar microscope—an image not found in the original English edition. A treatise of great clarity; the most important work popularizing the subject in the 18th century. Roper 10/5 Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)