Leitz – The Largest CM model polarizing microscope from the 1930s’
€1,200
Circa
1930s'
Country of manufacture
Germany
Description
A large polarizing microscope used for petrography and mineralogy signed “Ernst Leitz Wetzlar” and numbered “352680”. The microscope dates back to the 1930s.
The optics, prisms and all the mechanisms are in perfect working order and in pristine condition.
The microscope has preserved a wide-field eyepiece number 8 and one objectives numbered 1.
The set is kept in its original wooden travelling box.
The present example is the largest polarizing or petrographical microscope offered for sale by Leitz during the 30s’, describes in the catalogue, as “Large universal microscope with optical tube and substage for polarised light” (see the last image).
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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.
Personnal website : https://www.lezograscope.com/
