07-29-200607-29-2006
Skinner Auctions
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July 29, 2006 10:00 AMCalender
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Adams, George

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$1,528$1,300
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM

Description:

Adams, George,Plates for the Essays on the Microscope, London: Robert Hindmarsh, 1787,thrity-one engraved plates showing Culpeper, scroll, solar and screw-barrel microscopes, the movement of light, insects, shells and other specimens, in printer's binding, (overall good); and George Adams Essays on the Microscope; Containing a Practical Description of the Most Improved Microscopes; a General History of Insects, their Transformations, Peculiar Habits, and Economy, second edition, London: Dillon and Keating, 1798, marbled paper covers, (spine defective).
Estimate $1,200-1,500

Keywords

George Adams Essays, George Adams, London, History, Robert Hindmarsh