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A late 18th-Century lacquered-brass botanical microscope,
signed on the rectangular-section pillar Cary, LONDON, with rack and pinion focusing, the body-tube located on an arm, the lower limb with swivel mirror, with three objectives, live-box, two ivory sliders, each with three specimens, specimen forceps, ivory and glass stage plates, probe, contained in the original blue plush-lined mahogany case, the front vertical surface with mounting ferrule for the microscope when in use, the box with two brass hooks and eyes -- 3in. (9.5cm.) wide
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signed on the rectangular-section pillar Cary, LONDON, with rack and pinion focusing, the body-tube located on an arm, the lower limb with swivel mirror, with three objectives, live-box, two ivory sliders, each with three specimens, specimen forceps, ivory and glass stage plates, probe, contained in the original blue plush-lined mahogany case, the front vertical surface with mounting ferrule for the microscope when in use, the box with two brass hooks and eyes -- 3in. (9.5cm.) wide
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