Lot 198

An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass Culpeper-type compound monocular microscope,

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An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass Culpeper-type compound monocular microscope,
unsigned, with rack and pinion focusing, circular stage with sprung slide holder united with the plinth base by scroll supports, with concave mirror, stage forceps, bull's eye condenser, frog plate, Lieberkuhn, five objectives, slides and other items, with a trade label inscribed William Harris, in pyramid-shaped mahogany case -- 16in. (40.7cm.) high

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