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Lot 59
A JEALOUSY GLASS ETUI COMPENDIUM
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1760
Closed25 April 2012
Price Realised
GBP 3,750
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Specialist note
Based on Thomas Ribright's 1749 patent for "making small perspective glasses with mathematical & other instruments and tweezers in one and the same case, both with and without Microscopes or Magnifying Glasses". This example has a jealously glass, though it is lacking a lens and the mirror.