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POWELL & LEALAND OF LONDON; a rare Victorian lacquered all brass monocular microscope, dated 1878, inscribed 'Powell & Lealand, 170 Euston Road, London', in period mahogany box with Powell & Lealand 1/8 N.A.098 apochromatic cylindrical lens tube and three further associated lenses, height at lowest point 40cm. CONDITION REPORT: No in house postage available on this lot
NO RESERVE Harvey William. Exercitationes de generatione animalium. Quibus accedunt quaedam de partu: De membranis ac humoribus uteri: & De conceptione. Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium, 1651.In-12° (mm 132x79). Pagine [36], 415, [5]. Frontespizio calcografico con sovrano incoronato recante in mano la sfera del creato e affiancato da un'aquila. Capilettera e testatine incise in legno. Arrossature diffuse qualche gora marginale, leggere bruniture, minimi lavori di tarlo al margine interno delle carte del fascicolo )( )( che non toccano il testo. Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia con titolo manoscritto al dorso, fori per bindelle. Piccole macchie e lievi aloni piatti. Timbro in inchiostro 'Prof. Giuseppe Franchini' al verso della carta di guardia posteriore. Celebre contraffazione pressoché contemporanea all'originale di Londra. Prima edizione stampata nel continente. Garrison-Morton, 6146: "The chapter on labour ("De partu") in this book represents the first original work on obstetrics to be published by an English author."12° (132x79 mm). [36], 415, [5] pages. Engraved title-page showing Jove seated on a pedestal, opening an egg to release all of creation. Woodcut decorated initials and headpieces. A good copy, spotted throughout, light foxing and browning, marginal wormholes on quire )( )( not affecting the text. Contemporary limp vellum. Spine with inked title. Minor spots and stains to covers and spine. Ownership stamp to the verso of the rear flyleaf 'Prof. Giuseppe Franchini'. Famous counterfeit, appeared only few months after the original first edition of 1651, of Harvey's most important work on conception, embryology, and birth, the text of the chapter De partu being the first original English work on obstetrics. "After the publication of De motu cordis, Harvey turned his attention to the study of generation. Even if Harvey had not discovered the circulation of the blood, his remarkable work on embryology would have placed him in the front ranks of biological scientists. Without benefit of the compound microscope, his work was necessarily limited; nevertheless, nothing comparable had been done since Aristotle. He disbelieved the previously held doctrine of 'preformation' of the fetus, maintaining instead that it proceeds from the ovum by gradual building up of its parts" (Heirs of Hippocrates, 271). Garrison-Morton, 6146: "The chapter on labour ("De partu") in this book represents the first original work on obstetrics to be published by an English author."
Carl Zeiss Jena Microscope No.25315, with brass barrel, three lens turret, course/fine focusing, black lacquered stage and stand with Zeiss 1451 adjustable slide holder, condenser with iris aperture and accessories in mahogany case; engraved ' LB to WP 1895'Wear to lacquer, overall Fair to Good
Microscope brass, barrel screws onto stand with single lens, adjustable stage (not functioning) and bulls eye magnifier (in mahogany case); Swift & Son Microscope with twin lens turret, fine/course focusing, on tilting black lacquered stand; together with a Stanley set of Engineering Scale rules (in mahogany case) and a Faber slide rule (4)

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