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A William Harris Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1820, image 1
A William Harris Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1820, image 2
A William Harris Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1820, image 3
The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 139

A William Harris Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope,
English, circa 1820,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A William Harris Culpeper-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1820,

signed William Harris & Co., 50 High Holborn, London & at Hamburgh, of standard Culpeper format, on square mahogany base, with drawer fitted with three objectives, stage forceps and sprung stage, fishplate, and Lieberkühn, in mahogany pillar case with trade label applied to the door interior,
the microscope 15in (38cm) high

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Provenance:
From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

William Harris is recorded as being in Bey dem Rathause no. 26, Hamburg in the year 1820.

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