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An unusual [?]late 18th-Century botanist's hand-held microscope,
unsigned, the mahogany handle with movable eyepiece and objective, shade, two aperture adjusters and specimen holder, in a mahogany box with two pairs of brass tweezers, a clip and another brass attachment, twelve well-presented amateur slider preparations and several unused glass slides, and one brass mounted glass slider, the box with sliding glass lid -- 6¼in. (15.9cm.) wide
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unsigned, the mahogany handle with movable eyepiece and objective, shade, two aperture adjusters and specimen holder, in a mahogany box with two pairs of brass tweezers, a clip and another brass attachment, twelve well-presented amateur slider preparations and several unused glass slides, and one brass mounted glass slider, the box with sliding glass lid -- 6¼in. (15.9cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration
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