LEDERMÜLLER'S WORK ON THE USE OF THE MICROSCOPE "AS A PASTIME", 1764.

MICROSCOPE. LEDERMÜLLER, M(ARTIN FROBENIUS). Versuch bey angehender Frühlingszeit die Vergrösserungs Werckzeuge zum nützlich und angenehmen Zeitvertrieb anzuwenden- Essai d'employer les instruments microscopiques avec utilité et plaisir dans la saison de printemps. Traduit de l'Allemand par I. C. Harrepeter. Nürnberg, bey A. L. Wirsing, 1764.

Folio (about 370x275 mm.). (2, engraved title), 1-48 pp. Handcoloured engraved title, 12 handcoloured engraved plates A. L. Wirsing after Ledermüller (all, a few small brownspots).
Contemporary brown half calf worn, spine in six compartments with blindtooled decorations, mended at head, last endpapers with repairs.

The work demonstrates the use of microscopy "as a pastime", probably for "Privatgelehrten".

Martin Frobenius Ledermüller (1719-1769), German lawyer, naturalist, illustrator, microscopist and botanist.

Ref, Nissen: BBI 1160.

Provenance: Olle Wallin's (1934-2021), economist who began his professional career working for the Swedish commercial bank Svenska Handelsbanken, after which he was employed by the construction company Beijers, working under Anders Wall.
His interest in books and nature was inspired by his parents, both avid book collectors and interested in natural history. Wallin began collecting seriously after moving to Stockholm in the 1970's, and frequently visited the many antiquarian book shops as well as attended the auctions. His line of work also required extensive travel, foremost to the European continent and the US, and he usually took the opportunity to combine the business trips with visits to leading antiquarian book sellers and auction houses. Many of the more important and valuable works in his collection were acquired on those occasions.

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