Accession No

3817

Brief Description

instruction manual for Robertson’s catadioptric microscope; 1780

Origin

London; England

Maker

Robertson. William

Class

ephemera; microscopes

Earliest Date

1780

Latest Date

1780

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

text pages: height 155mm; breadth 95mm illustration of microscope: height 193mm; breadth 173mm illustration of specimens: height 167mm; breadth 185mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘A
DESCRIPTION
OF THE
Figure, Construction and Use
OF
A new Catadioptric Microscope,
Invented by William Robertson.’ (title)

Description Notes

Instrument manual; black and white; first page is a print of the catadioptric microscope; description of the microscope follows in four numbered pages; at the end is a page of drawings of specimens observed under the microscope.
Bound in black sugar paper cover.

Condition good; complete.

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