Culpeper-type MICROSCOPE in brass, light wood and mahogany m - Lot 82

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Culpeper-type MICROSCOPE in brass, light wood and mahogany m - Lot 82
Culpeper-type MICROSCOPE in brass, light wood and mahogany marquetry, optical tube sheathed in gilded leather, bronze uprights. Circular reflector mirror pivoting on the base. Netherlands, in the 18th century style Height: 40.5 cm-Base diameter: 13 cm (minor wear) This model of tripod microscope, designed by Edmund Culpeper (c. 1670-1738) in the 1720s, continued to be manufactured until the XIXᵉ century. Its adjustment system relied exclusively on sliding tubes, and it had neither a tilting device nor a rocking mechanism. Provenance: Collard estate Expert : Cabinet Fligny
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