Four Microscope Catalogues: 1856, 1865, 1875 and one German Example 1889.
1) Smith & Beck of 6 Coleman Street London, 'Microscopes' 1856: 1) Catalogue of Achromatic Microscopes, &c' printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street London pp15. (2) Description, Price &c of the Educational Microscope 1856, second edition, printed and illustrated by Hare & Co., 31 Essex Street Strand, 13pp.
Both delicate paper catalogue in modern protective folder, some foxing and tanning, chipping, creased through the middle. Both delicate paper catalogue in modern protective folder, some foxing and tanning, chipping, creased through the middle.
2) Ross & Co. Opticians of 7 Wigmore St, Cavendish Square W. 'Catalogue Microscopes, Object Glasses, Accessories &c'. Jan 1875, printed by R. Hackett Steam Printer and half Rathbone Place, Oxford Street London W., 48pp.
Delicate paper catalogue in modern protective folder, some foxing and tanning, chipping, rebound with tape. Bookplate to cover folder: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (140x220mm)
3) W. Lawley of Lombard House, 78 Farringdon Street, City EC 1865 'Revised Catalogue of Second-Hand Surgical Instruments, Osteological Preparations, Medical Books and Splints', 104pp plus blue paper advert.
Pink paper Booklet, faded, worn and chipped, minor foxing and tanning. K.F. Russell tag to copy (210x140mm)
4) Edvard Thum 'Istitut för Microskopie, Leipzig Brüderstrasse 35 ... Special Preisverzeichnis', 'Katalog IV' (Institute for Microscopy, Leipzig Brüderstrasse 35 ... Special Price List', 'Catalogue IV') Leipzig March 1889, 43pp. (in German).
Delicate paper catalogue in modern protective folder, some foxing and tanning, chipping, creased through the middle. 'Russell Collin stamp to front. Bookplate to cover folder: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (140x220mm)


PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $100-150