A BOTANIST'S MICROSCOPE BY CARPENTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
of typical form, signed on the rack-and-pinion mounting post Carpenter, 24 Regent Str.t, London, contained within fitted box with accessories including four nose-pieces, platform pincer, five four-aperture bone slides with samples, plush-lined lid and securing hooks -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) wide

Philip Carpenter (w.1808-d.1833) occupied this Regent's Street address between 1827 and 1833

Condition Report
Appears to be in good, original condition and complete; optics seem intact, but are untested.

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