Microscopy.- Della Torre (Giovanni Maria) Nuove Osservazioni Microscopiche

Microscopy.- Della Torre (Giovanni Maria) Nuove Osservazioni Microscopiche, first edition, 14 engraved folding plates, occasional light foxing, 1 or 2 ink corrections to text and 12 plates with ink annotations to image, Marcel Bekus ink-stamp to front free endpaper and title verso, contemporary calf-backed boards, extremities worn, [Poggendoff II 1118], 4to, Naples, con Licenza de'Superiori, 1776. *** Rare work on microscopy. Giovanni Maria della Torre (1710-1782) was an Italian scientist and corresponding member of the academies of Paris, Berlin, and the Royal Society of London. He perfected the oculars of telescopes and succeeded, like Toricelli, in constructing powerful microscopes by using small glass globes.

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