Original drawings from the microscope, (of the natural order, Acarina) by the late Tuffen West, F.L.S.

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 196
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1840-1890
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 147 sheets (quarto and folio) and 4 lithographed sheets

Scope and Content

Comprises above 124 coloured drawings and a large number of outline and detail drawings of the genera.

Administrative / Biographical History

Tuffen West was a nineteenth-century British botanist and illustrator. He was the author of Half hours with the microscope, 1858, which advocated the microscope as a popular tool for the study of the physical world.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of the widow of Tuffen West, February 1896

Note

In English

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