Comm on objects of the microscope
By: by the late Rev. J. G. Wood ... ; with illustrations by Tuffen West ; revised and re-written by E. C. Bousfield ... ; with additional illustrations by the reviser.
Contributors: Bousfield, Edward C. 1855-; West, Tuffen.; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905.; William Brendon and Son
Publisher: George Routledge  & Sons
Published: 1897
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Microscopy -- Popular works.; Microscopes -- Popular works.; Yellowback books -- Specimens.
Genres: Popular works.; Specimens.
Notes: Date based on form of publisher's name and address, and date referred to in "Preface to the Second Edition".  Cf. Topp, Chester W.  Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. I, 1993.

Includes "Preface to the Second Edition" (p. [v]-vi) and "Preface to the First Edition" (p. vii-viii).

Most wood-engraved plates are unsigned and without imprint.  Plates XIII-XIV are signed "E. C. Bousfield delt.".  Plates are printed in purple-brown; plate XII includes black.  All are with guard sheets printed with letter-press descriptions.

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  Some are signed "E.B." [i.e. E. C. Bousfield].

Includes "Index." (p. [183]) and "Description of Plates." (p. [184]-188).

Plates I-XII are the same as those used in an edition of this title published in 1861 by Routledge, Warne, and Routledge and another edition published [between 1881 and 1887] by George Routledge and Sons.  Plates were printed in colour in these editions by Edmund Evans.  See McLean D 1225 and McLean D 1227.

Plates I-XII are the same as those used in a yellowback edition of this title published [ca. 1880?] by George Routledge & Sons and in another yellowback edition published [between 1895 and 1896] by George Routledge and Sons, Limited.  See McLean D 1226 and McLean D 1228.

MASS copy: Bound in yellow paper-covered boards printed in black, green and red in the same design as McLean D 1226 and McLean D 1228.  Upper cover printed with titling and illustration similar to those within the text, including statement: "Price One Shilling".  Lower cover printed in black with general advertisement for "Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa" and includes imprint: "Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans, the Racquet Court Press, Swan Street London, S. E.".  Upper cover with label: "Trade "Luzo" Mark H. J. Redding & Co. Makers of Optical Electrical & Photographic Apparatus & Scientific Novelties  3, Argyll Place, London, W.".  With ownership label: "E. A. Hoghton".  With presentation inscription dated 1920.  With ownership inscription: "R. D. Hoghton".