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Carl Zeiss Microscope Vertical Illuminator with Aperture Diaphragm – Original Box – c 1930’s

A scarce period vertical illuminator in original fitted, felt lined box. Box in good order, shagreen a little aged, gilt naming and branding still readable, clasp work. Has kept the device in very good order.

The Zeiss vertical illuminator is used to reflect and control light vertically down the microscope to the specimen for both brightfield and darkfield observation. This model includes an aperture diaphragm which is operated by a lever [all works well which is crucial for achieving proper Kohler illumination. This setup allows for optimised contrast and resolution when observing with reflected light.

Zeiss microscope collectable in good order and with the diaphragm aperture

$190.00

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IMAGO MVUNDI (MUNDI) – Vol 41 – 1989 – The Journal of The International Society for the History of Cartography.

Published by Imago Mundi, Kings College, London. Small folio, 172 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated with maps, charts and diagrams. original blue cloth with gilt titling and device. Very good condition.

An annual publication and the pinnacle of cartographic research. Superbly presented.

The Treasure in this publication includes … Kuni-ezu – Japanese provincial maps by Hirotada Kawamura; a French paper focused on the North-West passage with maps by Laperousee, Buache, Delisle etc; maps of the Mississippi and the Gulf of [Mexico!]; dating the oldest Portuguese maps by Alfredo Pinheiro Marques; The Ruysch World Map; the Schaffhausen Carta Marina of 1531 by Henry Bruman etc etc.

Extensive book reviews provided an excellent bibliography for cartography enthusiasts.

Imago Mundi cannot be improved

$60.00

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IMAGO MVUNDI (MUNDI) – Vol 30 [Second Series Volume 4] – 1978 The Journal of The International Society for the History of Cartography

Published by Imago Mundi, c/o Lympe Castle, Kent [Harry Margary's magnificent residence] . Small folio, 132 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated with maps, charts and diagrams. original blue cloth with gilt titling and device. Very good condition.

An annual publication and the pinnacle of cartographic research. Superbly presented.

The Treasure in this publication includes a paper title “The map in Vermeer’s Art of Painting” by James Welu. 17^th C Dutch painting of indoors scenes show intricate and authentic maps of the period used a wall-hangings – decorative items. In addition, a quality paper by Louis de Vorsey on the ”Amerindian contributions to the mapping of North America with some great cartographic illustrations. The very early woodcut map know as the Rom Weg map circa 1500 gets a good airing.

Extensive book reviews provided an excellent bibliography for cartography enthusiasts.

Imago Mundi cannot be improved

$70.00

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1896 – [Includes paper by Robert Etheridge Jnr on the Silurian Fossils of Montgomery, Govt Geologist]

Printed by Davies Brothers, Hobart and issued in July 1896. Usual original presentation, octavo, perfect bound, xxviii pages of “Proceedings” followed by 100 pages of “Papers”. Appropriately illustrated, very good condition. Very clean and crisp internally.

Distinguished geologist and paleontologist Robert Etheridge Jnr followed in the footsteps of his similarly distinguished scientific father. R.E. spent mots of his working life in Australia and his drawings of fossils are of the highest standard.

Other papers include more geological works including microscopical studies of mineral thin sections [with plates] by the nicely named Twelvetrees; public health; fishes and a tribute to recently deceased Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller [with portrait].

Interesting Tasmanian Royal Society P&P – 1896.

$50.00

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1893 – [Includes catalogue of Tasmanian Minerals - Pettard]

Printed at “The Mercury”, Hobart and issued in June 1894. Usual original presentation, octavo, perfect bound, xxvi pages of “Proceedings” followed by 219 pages of “Papers”. Appropriately illustrated, good condition albeit creases and chip to top corner of front wrapper. Very clean and crisp internally.

W.F. Pettard’s 73-page catalogue of Tasmanian mineral and notes on their distribution commences the Papers. Pettard was a boot and shoe importer in Hobart and then Launceston. Other than that, he was a distinguished naturalist and scientist – he had a home laboratory to envy. He was an accomplished taxidermist and before coming to Tasmania too part in scientific explorations in the Solomons and New Guinea. This was his first mineral catalogue – he was to publish an update just before his death nearly twenty years later.

Other papers of interest include Geology around Lake St Clair; Glacial action in Tasmania; Notes on the Mt Lyell Mine; Rare fish; Fossil Flora etc

Special papers on the minerals, geology and mines of Tasmania.

$80.00

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A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas from Balambangan: including and Account of Magindono, Sooloo and other Islands … performed in the Tartar Galley, during the years 1774,1775 and 1776 – Thomas Forrest -First Edition 1779

A rare first edition published by Robson, Donaldson et al London 1779. Quarto, 388 pages, and with 32 copper engraved maps and plates, many double page or folding. Offsetting to plates, as usual. A good copy in original full calf re-backed and re-cornered to style.

Scottish born Thomas Forrest (1729-1802) was a brilliant sailor and navigator. He was a midshipman by sixteen and soon spent most of his time in the “Indian waters”. He was commissioned by the British East India Company in 1762. By 1770 he was engaged in forming a new settlement, Balambangban, Borneo … an idea fostered by Alexander Dalrymple.

He was soon involved in plans to explore the islands to the east in the direction of New Guinea. He sailed on 9^th December 1774 in the Tartar a garay boat from Sulu of about ten tons. His crew comprised two English officers and eighteen Malays. He was accompanied part of the voyage by two even smaller boats. The expedition, the subject of this book pushed as far as Geelvink Bay, New Guinea having explored and charted the Sulu Archipelago, Mindanao, Mandiolo, Batchian and Waiego, returning to Achin in the March of 1776.

This volume with its sumptuous array of plates was produced to a very high standard. A well written account published quite speedily after the events reflects the support and standing offered the author Forrest.

Forrest went on to publish further works relating to navigation in the east such as “A Treatise on the Monsoons in East India”.

Forrest exploring and charting the eastern islands of the East Indies and Northern Coastline of New Guinea.

$1,280.00

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Carl Zeiss Microscope Vertical Illuminator with Aperture Diaphragm – Original Box – c 1930’s

IMAGO MVUNDI (MUNDI) – Vol 41 – 1989 – The Journal of The International Society for the History of Cartography.

IMAGO MVUNDI (MUNDI) – Vol 30 [Second Series Volume 4] – 1978 The Journal of The International Society for the History of Cartography

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1896 – [Includes paper by Robert Etheridge Jnr on the Silurian Fossils of Montgomery, Govt Geologist]

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1893 – [Includes catalogue of Tasmanian Minerals - Pettard]

A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas from Balambangan: including and Account of Magindono, Sooloo and other Islands … performed in the Tartar Galley, during the years 1774,1775 and 1776 – Thomas Forrest -First Edition 1779

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