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A Replica Rara English tripod compound microscope of circa 1680,
the turned lignum vitae box-top sectioned to house four objectives with screw attachment to the eyepiece, the pasteboard body-tube covered with gilt-tooled morocco leather, the inner tube covered with gilt-tooled green paper, the long nosepiece with screw adjustment for focusing and small objective at its terminus, the supporting 'collar' with tortoiseshell ring atop three brass rod supports on circular plinth with central cut-out for black/white disc, with a cylindrical gilt-tooled morocco leather-covered pasteboard case -- 36cm. (14¼in.) high
the turned lignum vitae box-top sectioned to house four objectives with screw attachment to the eyepiece, the pasteboard body-tube covered with gilt-tooled morocco leather, the inner tube covered with gilt-tooled green paper, the long nosepiece with screw adjustment for focusing and small objective at its terminus, the supporting 'collar' with tortoiseshell ring atop three brass rod supports on circular plinth with central cut-out for black/white disc, with a cylindrical gilt-tooled morocco leather-covered pasteboard case -- 36cm. (14¼in.) high
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