Welcome to Avebury Books!
We are specialists in antiquarian and rare books in the sciences, technology and medicine. Our web site features reference materials and collectible items of special interest to scholars and collectors interested in the role of scientific instruments in the history of science and technology. Books about the microscope and microscopy are especially prominent, along with select works in the physical sciences, philosophy, social science, and other fields.
Those interested in scientific instruments as such might check out the splendid selection at ars machina.