The History Of The Microscope: Compiled From Original Instruments And Documents, Up To The Introduction Of The Achromatic Microscope Clay, Reginald S.; Court, Thomas H. Collecting,Sciences, Math, Medicine, & Natural History

Small Quarto, 266 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in Dark red cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have bending and fraying to spine edges, rubbing to corners, and mild edge and shelf wear. Binding shaken. Textblock has light age toning, bookplate of Silvio Bedini on front pastedown, bookstore sticker on front pastedown, and light writing in pencil on front endpaper. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378738. Special Collections.