Mikrophotographischer Atlas der Bakterienkunde, Dr. Carl Fraenkel & Dr. Richard Pfeiffer, Berlin 1889

Carl Fraenkel & Richard Pfeiffer – Mikrophotographischer Atlas der Bakterienkunde. Erste und zweite Lieferung. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1889.

Offered here are the first two instalments of Fraenkel and Pfeiffer's pioneering photographic atlas of bacteriology, among the earliest attempts to document bacterial forms through direct microphotography. The complete atlas eventually ran to five Lieferungen (1889–1890) with around fifty plates; this volume contains the substantial opening section: 48 pages of explanatory text with 2 plates, together with an additional 10 collotype Plates/Tafeln each featuring 2 photographs.

Though not the entire series, this copy represents a significant portion of the original work, providing both the textual foundation and a strong suite of photographic illustrations. Early issues of this atlas are seldom encountered on the market, and even partial sets are highly regarded as landmarks in the history of medical photography and bacteriology.

Mikrophotographischer Atlas der Bakterienkunde, by Dr. Carl Fraenkel & Dr. Richard Pfeiffer. Erste und zweite Liefrung.

Published Verlag von August Hirschwald, Berlin, 1889 first edition.

A very good hardback with tan leather spine with red and green gilt labels. Some fading to colour of leather. With raised bands. Marbled paper over boards. Soundly bound.

Text is very good throughout. Hand written reference number on title page. With King's College Hospital Medical School ink stamp to just one text page. The second plate in the main text section with a folded vertical crease running the length of the page.

Text in German.

(2) + 48pp with 2 Plates + 10 x 'Tafel' sections each with photographic plates.

Dimensions: approximately 136 x 82 x 23 mm.

Weight: Approximately 400g (unpacked).