Feb 19, 2004 - Sale 1997

Sale 1997 - Lot 221

Price Realized: $ 3,220
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
JOBLOT, LOUIS. Observations d'Histoire Naturelle faites avec le Microscope. 53 folding engraved plates comprising 29 of natural history specimens and 24 of microscopes. xiii, [3], 38; [2], 124; vi, 78; 27 pages. Half-title in first volume, not called for in second. 4 parts in 2 volumes, bound in one. 4to, contemporary sheep gilt; some toning of text and plates, plate 13 in Volume 2/1 stained. Paris: chez Briasson, 1754-55
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Second edition of a work first published in 1718 as Descriptions et Usages de Plusieurs Nouveaux Microscopes. The first volume is devoted to Joblot's microscopic observations, the second to microscopes and their construction. "The publication of Descriptions established Joblot as the first French microscopist"--DSB VII, 110.