Benjamin Martin small Culpeper-type microscope, circa 1770
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Circa
1770
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
A rare example of a diminutive form of a Culpeper-type microscope attributable to Benjamin Martin.
This small size Culpeper microscope with three legs straight.
The microscope is complete with three objectives, its original mirror fixes on a leg, a Bonanni stage and a stage forceps.
The microscope is housed in its original curved wooden box covered with red paper. This kind of paper is maybe for continental exportation ?
The microscope measures 25,5 height and the box measures 26,5×9,5×7,5 cm.
A pristine example of this rare form attributable to one of the major UK maker.
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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.
