Thoughts on Animalcules: Or, a Glimpse of the Invisible World Revealed by the Microscope by Gideon Algernon Mantell - 2012-01-10

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John Murray, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete with all colour plates. The boards are a touch rubbed, edge worn and marked, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is mild foxing scattered throughout. Page 37/38 is creased. There appear to be no other markings or inscriptions and the text is neat. Securely bound and in very good condition considering the age of the book! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: John Murray, 1850. New edition. Small square octavo, pp xvi, 144, (4). + publisher's catalogue 8 pages, with 12 lithographed plates, delicately hand-coloured, all edges gilt, very clean internally, a contemporary signature on the front endpaper [Charles H. Hingeston, 1852], original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, slightly faded, a little worn at the corners, very neatly re-backed with a modern cloth spine, unlettered. Still a very pleasing copy of a work which is difficult to find in good condition. [In many ways a ground-breaking work, as was much of Mantell's opus. It alerted the Victorians to an aspect of natural history which had previously largely escaped them, and was a remarkable precursor to the germ theory.]. Cloth. Very Good.