A large Coddington simple microscope, circa 1830-1840
€300
Circa
1830-1840
Country of manufacture
France
Description
Large and early magnifier, or simple microscope, known as the Coddington microscope, after its invention by Henry Coddington in 1829. The instrument is unsigned, as usual.
The Coddington simple microscope consists of a single doubly convex lens, the smaller diameter of which works as a diaphragm.
Note the quality of the turning of the handle on this large and early model, which is certainly datable to the 1830s or 1840s.
The lens is 3 cm thick and 3.8 cm in diameter; the instrument is 13.1 cm long.
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Dealer information
Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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