25th Apr, 2012 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac)
198
[M] A FINE LACQUERED-BRASS 'ACHROMATIC ENGIOSCOPE'...
A FINE LACQUERED-BRASS 'ACHROMATIC ENGIOSCOPE' (BOTANICAL MICROSCOPE) AND ACCESSORIES BY ANDREW PRITCHARD, CIRCA 1840
signed on the foot Andrew Pritchard / 162 Fleet St. London, hinged candle socket with bull's-eye lens, yew wood arm rest, assorted platforms and stages, 9in. monocular tube with rack-and-pinion fine focus, contained in fitted walnut case with five drawers of accessories including two sides of original manuscript instructions and a magnification rate card, both thought to be in Pritchard's hand, and bull's-eye magnifier -- 12in. (30.5cm.) square; together with a copy of Pritchard's History of Infusoria, 1862, London, 4th Edition, owner's autograph dated 1862 on frontispiece, 968 pages, the back containing forty plates of engraved specimens, some hand coloured
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signed on the foot Andrew Pritchard / 162 Fleet St. London, hinged candle socket with bull's-eye lens, yew wood arm rest, assorted platforms and stages, 9in. monocular tube with rack-and-pinion fine focus, contained in fitted walnut case with five drawers of accessories including two sides of original manuscript instructions and a magnification rate card, both thought to be in Pritchard's hand, and bull's-eye magnifier -- 12in. (30.5cm.) square; together with a copy of Pritchard's History of Infusoria, 1862, London, 4th Edition, owner's autograph dated 1862 on frontispiece, 968 pages, the back containing forty plates of engraved specimens, some hand coloured
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Sold for £13,640
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINE LACQUERED-BRASS 'ACHROMATIC ENGIOSCOPE' (BOTANICAL MICROSCOPE) AND ACCESSORIES BY ANDREW PRITCHARD, CIRCA 1840
signed on the foot Andrew Pritchard / 162 Fleet St. London, hinged candle socket with bull's-eye lens, yew wood arm rest, assorted platforms and stages, 9in. monocular tube with rack-and-pinion fine focus, contained in fitted walnut case with five drawers of accessories including two sides of original manuscript instructions and a magnification rate card, both thought to be in Pritchard's hand, and bull's-eye magnifier -- 12in. (30.5cm.) square; together with a copy of Pritchard's History of Infusoria, 1862, London, 4th Edition, owner's autograph dated 1862 on frontispiece, 968 pages, the back containing forty plates of engraved specimens, some hand coloured
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signed on the foot Andrew Pritchard / 162 Fleet St. London, hinged candle socket with bull's-eye lens, yew wood arm rest, assorted platforms and stages, 9in. monocular tube with rack-and-pinion fine focus, contained in fitted walnut case with five drawers of accessories including two sides of original manuscript instructions and a magnification rate card, both thought to be in Pritchard's hand, and bull's-eye magnifier -- 12in. (30.5cm.) square; together with a copy of Pritchard's History of Infusoria, 1862, London, 4th Edition, owner's autograph dated 1862 on frontispiece, 968 pages, the back containing forty plates of engraved specimens, some hand coloured
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Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac), 25th Apr, 2012
