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A Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, mid 18th century, image 1
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The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 136

A Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope,
English, mid 18th century,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, mid 18th century,

with ebonised and turned wood ocular support, green leather draw tube tooled with gilt lining, pale ray-skin outer tube, supported on three columns above a rounded stage with concave mirror and bullseye condenser, in original oak pillar case, with drawer in the base fitted with five objectives, lenses, fishplate, and bone slides,
the microscope 15 1/2in (39.5cm) high

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From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

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