ADAMS, George. Essays on the Microscope; containing a practical description of the most improved microscopes; a general history of insects, their transformations, peculiar habits, and oeconomy, London: printed by Dillon & Keating, for the editor; and for W. & S. Jones, 1798, 4°, second edition, half title, engraved frontispiece, 32 double-page plates (upper margin of plates lightly browned, occasional light spotting), contemporary calf, blind armorial of the Inner Temple Library to front cover (worn). [Nissen ZBI 24; Wellcome II, p. 13]

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ADAMS, George. Essays on the Microscope; containing a practical description of the most improved microscopes; a general history of insects, their transformations, peculiar habits, and oeconomy, London: printed by Dillon & Keating, for the editor; and for W. & S. Jones, 1798, 4°, second edition, half title, engraved frontispiece, 32 double-page plates (upper margin of plates lightly browned, occasional light spotting), contemporary calf, blind armorial of the Inner Temple Library to front cover (worn). [Nissen ZBI 24; Wellcome II, p. 13]

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"To Baron Maseres from his most humble Servt. W^m. Jones", presentation inscription from the publisher; F. Maseres, inscription to half title, dated 14 January 1798; bookplate and stamps of the Inner Temple Library.

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