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A late 18th-Century lacquered-brass Culpeper-type microscope,
signed on the stage Francis Day, 37, Poultry, LONDON, with rack and pinion focusing, the stage and plinth base united by scroll supports, with bull's-eye condenser, sprung slide holder, lieberkuhn, live-box, frog-plate, forceps, tweezers, five numbered objectives and other items, in brass-bround mahogany case with two concealed folding side handles, the interior of the door with maker's trade label -- 15.1/2in. (39.4cm.) high
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signed on the stage Francis Day, 37, Poultry, LONDON, with rack and pinion focusing, the stage and plinth base united by scroll supports, with bull's-eye condenser, sprung slide holder, lieberkuhn, live-box, frog-plate, forceps, tweezers, five numbered objectives and other items, in brass-bround mahogany case with two concealed folding side handles, the interior of the door with maker's trade label -- 15.1/2in. (39.4cm.) high
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