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Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, attributed to Mathew Loft, c. 1750, turned lignum vitae body with leather wrapped single draw tube, brass eyepiece and sliding cover, outer card body covered in ray skin, shaped stage and wheel specimen stage, planar mirror on a replacement mahogany base, ht. 16 in. Literature: For closely related microscopes see Gerard L.E. Turner, The Great Age of the Microscope , p. 36-7. replaced wooden base, brass in old lacquered finish, no condition issues on optics.


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Date:
2011-07-16

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