Five Continental Microscope Publications from Museums in Antwerp and Leiden
1) FRISON, Door Ed from Henri Van Heurck Museum 'Geillustreerde Inventaris van de Historische Microscopen onderdelen en Uitrusting' (Illustrated Inventory of Historical Microscope Parts and Equipment) in French, German and English.
Pub. ANTWERPEN: Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde, 1966, 386pp.
Orange & white soft cover with printed title and graphic, some creasing and shelf wear, minor foxing and tanning. Bookplate: Ex Libris K.F. Russell (175x260mm)
2) FRISON, Ed. 'L'Evolution de la Partie Optique du Microscope au Cours du Dix-Neuvieme Siecle: Les Test Objects, Les Test- Probe- et Typen-Platten' 1954 Communication No.89 (Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen / National Museum for the History of Natural Sciences, Leiden), includes a Compliments Card from the Director of the Museum, 168pp.
Paperback, tanning with minor foxing. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (130x190mm)
3) CROMMELIN, Dr C.A. 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Physical Instruments of the 18th Century (including the collection's Gravesande-Musschenbroek) in the Rijksmuseum voot de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen (Natural Museum of the History of Science at Leyden), Communication No.81', 1951, 74pp.
Paperback with printed title. Tanning and minor foxing. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (130x190mm)
Plus a loose one-page list of Communications from the National Museum for the History of Science.
4) VAN DER STAR, P. (Assistant Curator) 'Descriptive Catalogue of The Simple Microscopes in the Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden 1953 Communication No.87', 86pp.
Paperback, tanning with minor foxing. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (130x190mm)
Plus a loose one-page list of Communications from the National Museum for the History of Science.
5) ROOSEBOOM, Maria (Curator, Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen Netherlands), 'Microscopium' Leiden, 1956, 59pp.
Blue cloth Buckram cover with printed title, cover slightly foxed & sunned. Tanning & minor foxing. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (220x30mm)
Plus Ephemera including note from the author & excepts from various papers.
PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.
Estimate $100-150