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A mid 19th-Century French lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope,
the body-tube signed Charles Chevalier Ingénieur Opticien Breveté Palais Royal 163 à Paris and attached by a simple arm to the square-section pillar, the stage with rack and pinion adjustment above a swivelling plano-concave mirror, the base of the pillar screwing into the end of the lid of the fitted mahogany case, with drawer containing several accessories including stage-mounted bull's-eye condenser, the case -- 9½in. (24.1cm.) wide
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the body-tube signed Charles Chevalier Ingénieur Opticien Breveté Palais Royal 163 à Paris and attached by a simple arm to the square-section pillar, the stage with rack and pinion adjustment above a swivelling plano-concave mirror, the base of the pillar screwing into the end of the lid of the fitted mahogany case, with drawer containing several accessories including stage-mounted bull's-eye condenser, the case -- 9½in. (24.1cm.) wide
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