Baker, Henry: The microscope made easy: or, I. The nature, uses and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes ... ; II. An account of what surprising discoveries have been already made by the microscope ... 3rd Ed. London, Dodsley 1744. Mit 14 (von 15) Kupfertafeln. Tit., XVI, 311 S., 6 Bll. HLdr. d. Zt. Dritte Ausgabe der frühen Schrift des Mediziners und Naturforschers. Enthält ausführliche Anleitungen zum Mikroskopieren und Beschreibungen der Objekte, darunter Kristallformen, Metalllegierungen, Insekten etc."Henry Baker, (1698-1774) was a significant contributor to the popularization of microscopy and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Simultaneously a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society, Baker was a naturalist whose microscopical observations of aquatic animals and fossils were of interest to a wide audience. Many of the materials he examined were observed through a compound microscope made by the English optics expert John Cuff (1708-1772), which he designed at Baker's behest" (Michael W. Davidson, FL State Univ.). - Berieben und bestoßen, Gelenke brüchig. Tls. etwas fleckig, einige Tafeln mit kleineren Reparaturen bzw. Beschädigungen, die letzten 2 Bll. lose, insgesamt gebrauchsspurig.