A Culpeper-type microscope
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740
usigned, of a late Culpeper-form, with sunken stage, brass eyepiece, convex mirror, turned brass columns supporting stage offset from columns above, the body bound in black-stained shagreen, the inner draw in green vellum -- with an 18th century brass body tube from another microscope.
14in. (36cm.) high
A Culpeper-type microscope
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740
usigned, of a late Culpeper-form, with sunken stage, brass eyepiece, convex mirror, turned brass columns supporting stage offset from columns above, the body bound in black-stained shagreen, the inner draw in green vellum -- with an 18th century brass body tube from another microscope.
14in. (36cm.) high
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