$1,599
Newton & Co. Lacquered Brass Monocular/Binocular Compound Microscope, London, c. 1870, with interchangeable eye tubes, rack-and-pinion focusing on limb and eyepieces of binocular tube, fine focusing on nose, rectangular stage with X-Y adjustments, mechanical substage with condenser, and plano/concave mirror on swing-arm, on Y-shaped foot marked Newton & Co. 3 Fleet Street Temple Bar London , with a mahogany compendium with additional eyepieces and objectives, and freestanding bull's-eye condenser, ht. 18 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-01