Sale 8003
London, South Kensington
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28 May 1998
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED AND OXIDISED-BRASS COMPOUND MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE, SIGNED ON THE BODY-TUBE W. LADD 31, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON., WITH FUSEE-CHAIN-DRIVE FOCUSING, THE STAGE WITH MAGNETIC STRIPS, SUB-STAGE WHEEL CONDENSER WITH RACK AND PINION ADJUSTMENT AND PLANO-CONCAVE MIRROR, ON TUBULAR LATTICE STAND, WITH BULL'S-EYE CONDENSER, THREE OBJECTIVES, TWO EYEPIECES, LIVE-BOX AND OTHER ITEMS, IN MAHOGANY CASE -- 15½IN. (39.4CM.) WIDE, WITH BRASS CARRYING HANDLE SEE ILLUSTRATION
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