> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 23](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264752) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915780) QID Q3915780 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Adams, George Sr. (1720-1786), British optician and mathematical instrument maker. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Adams, Sr.* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 13 (d. 5 Mar 1786); BB p. 2; BM 1: 10; Desmond p. 3 (d. 5 Mar 1786); DNB 1: 97; Jackson p. 219; PR 17, ed. 1: 39; Rehder 1: 36, 5(index): 5. #### Manuscripts Royal Society, London. ### Publications ##### n.18.859. Micrographia illustrata **Title** *Micrographia illustrata*, or the knowledge of the microscope explained: together with an account of a new invented universal, single or double, microscope, either of which is capable of being applied to an improved solar apparatus. This treatise contains a description of the nature, uses, and magnifying powers of microscopes in general;... The whole being, as it were, a natural history of a multitude of aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic animals, seeds, plants, etc.... London (Printed for, and sold by the author) 1746. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Microgr. ill.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1746, *pl. 1* (frontisp.), \[1\]-16, \[1\]-263, *pl. 2-65. Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: 1747, *pl. 1* (frontisp.), \[1\]-16, \[1\]-263, *pl. 2-65.* Copy: NY. *Ed. 3*: unknown. *Ed. 4*: 1771, \[p. i\*-xvi\*\], \[i\]-lix, \[1\]-325, \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-57, 57* (*bis*), *58-71*, (*pl. 1* bound as frontisp.). *Copy*: NY.