CHEVALIER, Arthur. L'étudiant micrographe. 1863.

Rare first edition.

This book deals with five different types of microscopes (simple, composite, solar, gas, and electrical), and the various applications in botany, physiology, pathology and chemistry. The last chapter deals with optical instruments applied to medicine and surgery.
The atlas consists in 301 figures, in black and white, from observations made under the microscope.