[M] AN ELLIS-TYPE AQUATIC MICROSCOPE ATTRIBUTED TO PETER DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1770

AN ELLIS-TYPE AQUATIC MICROSCOPE ATTRIBUTED TO PETER DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1770

unsigned, with lacquered brass pillar thread-mounted into lid boss with concave mirror plate, circular specimen stage, three threaded eye-pieces, support arm, contained within green plush-lined pocket case with screw-barrel microscope covered in black fishskin with securing hooks -- 1½ x 6½ x 4½in. (4 x 16.5 x 11.5cm.)

Condition Report

Good overall condition, modest old wear commensurate with age; screw barrel assembly has no internal lenses.

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