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JOBLOT, L. (Louis) [The First French Microscopist]. ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
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JOBLOT, L. (Louis) [The First French Microscopist]. DESCRIPTIONS ET USAGES DE PLUSIEURS NOUVEAUX MICROSCOPES, tant Simples que Composez; Avec de nouvelles observations faites sur une miltitude innombrable d'insectes, & d'autres animaux de diverses especes, qui naissent dans des liqueurs préparées, & dans celles qui ne sont point. [The First treatise on Protozoa].
Paris: Chez Jacques Collambat, 1718. First Edition Hardcover Very Good+
Very Good+ First Edition two parts (Premiere & Seconde Partie) in one volume, as is usual for this work. Mildly worn, scuffed, spotted contemporary full calf with spine in six compartments, gilt decorations, lettering spine. Binding intact. Marbled endpapers with owner book plate front paste down. Text and all 34 engraved plates are bright and fresh. Single blank corner missing p 19-20 in part II (no text affected). 4to. [12] 78, 24 Plates; 96, [5 Table de Chapitres], [1], 12 Plates. A Rare and singularly important work at the very dawn of microscopy by a contemporary of von Leeuwenhoek. A centerpiece of a microscopy collection.
While von Leeuwenhoek observed single celled animals a few years earlier, the current volume is the first separate treatise on protozoa. This book established Louis Joblot (1645-1723) as the first French microscopist. The current work begins with Joblot's treatise on the microscope and includes the use of diaphragms in compound microscopes to correct for chromatic aberration (DSB Vol VII P.110). The second part of the book describes Joblot's observations with emphasis on protozoa. It also presents the first experiments made to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation (Lechevaluer "Louis Joblot and His Microscopes" Bacteriol. Revs. Vol 40, March 1976 pp. 241-258). "This important work is of great interest in the history and development of the microscope as well as to the science of protozoology. In it, Joblot, a French contemporary of von Leeuwenhoek, presented the first specialized treatise on the protozoa. The first edition was published in 1716..." (Heirs of Hippocrates 659 discussing the second edition 1754-1755). Bibliotheca Walleriana 10856. Austin & Blankenhorn 632. In Roper Works on Microscopy Collection.
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