From the Library to the Laboratory
Tue, Mar 24, 2026 04:00PM EDT - Wed, Apr 8, 2026 10:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 51
Set of books and notes on microscopes
Estimate: $300 - $500
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| $10,000 | $1,000 |
Set of 2 books on microscopes, a diagram of the Marshall Microscope, and notes in the handwriting (lacking signature) of Dr. Robert Hooke.
GORING, C. R. (1792-1840) and PRITCHARD, Andrew (1804-1882). Micrographia, Containing Practical Essays on Reflecting, Solar, Oxy-Hydrogen Gas, Microscopes, Micrometers.
DOBELL, Clifford (1886-1949). Antony van Leeuwenhoek and His 'Little Animals': Being Some Account of the Father of Protozoology & Bacteriology...
Goring and Pritchard publisher: Whittaker and Co., London. 1837. First edition. 8vo. Rebound black cloth bound, with paper label on spine. viii, 231 pp., with illustrations, with appendix, and 2 plates.
Dobell publisher: Russell & Russell Inc., New York. 1958 [Facsimile]. 4to. Quarter cloth bound on marbled boards. Frontispiece, v, 435 pp., with illustrations.
Largest book is H: 9 1/2 x W: 7 1/8 x D: 1 5/8 in.
Condition
Poor. Books are scuffed, bumped, and rubbed, with losses. Toning throughout the Goring and Pritchard book. Goring and Pritchard lacking frontispiece, labeled plate I. Notes attributed to Dr. Robert Hooke lack autograph. Marshall Microscope diagram has cuts and tears, and pencil annotations.
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.
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