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ZAHN, Johann (1641-1702). Oculus artificialis teledioptricus sive telescopium. Wrzburg: Quirinus Heyl, 1685-86.
3 parts in one, 2o (308 x 195 mm). Letterpress titles printed in red and black; engraved additional title-page, 8 double-page letterpress tables, 30 engraved plates (4 double-page, one large folding), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations in text (some full-page). (Some spotting and browning, heavy at times, leaves somewhat softened, tear on E1 crossing text.) Old calf (very worn). Provenance: Pierre Lambert (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Zahn's treatise on the microscope and the telescope. The work is particularly valuable for its illustrations of both simple and compound microscopes of the period, including the type of compound instrument used by Robert Hooke. It also contains the earliest description of a portable camera obscura (part 1, p. 180). Garrison-Morton 263 ("includes the first complete history of early microscopes"); NLM/Krivatsy 13208; Waller 11455; Norman 2278.
3 parts in one, 2o (308 x 195 mm). Letterpress titles printed in red and black; engraved additional title-page, 8 double-page letterpress tables, 30 engraved plates (4 double-page, one large folding), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations in text (some full-page). (Some spotting and browning, heavy at times, leaves somewhat softened, tear on E1 crossing text.) Old calf (very worn). Provenance: Pierre Lambert (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Zahn's treatise on the microscope and the telescope. The work is particularly valuable for its illustrations of both simple and compound microscopes of the period, including the type of compound instrument used by Robert Hooke. It also contains the earliest description of a portable camera obscura (part 1, p. 180). Garrison-Morton 263 ("includes the first complete history of early microscopes"); NLM/Krivatsy 13208; Waller 11455; Norman 2278.