1852 A History of Infusorial Animalcules, Living and Fossil

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding

A new edition, enlarged.

Illustrated with twenty-four engraved plates to the rear, each containing numerous figures. Collated, complete. 

In a contemporary full cloth binding. 

A detailed and authoritative study of microscopic organisms or, as they were referred to in this period, "infusorial animalcules", by English naturalist Andrew Pritchard. Covering various localities and appearances, visual organs, effects of temperature, classifications, reproduction and methods of collecting and preparing for examination.  

Pritchard made significant improvements to microscopy, with his List of 2000 Microscopic Objects (1835) recognised as "very important in the history of microscopy..." by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.