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made in England

Microscope
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This compound microscope was made in England in the late 17th century. It is unsigned.

The instrument has a nose piece for fine focus. All the lenses are now missing. The body is made of wood with a vellum-covered outer draw stained with orange and green mottling and gold-impressed tooled motives typical of both book-binding and optical instrumentation of the period.

Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in 1665, greatly increased the popularity of microscopy and the demand for instruments.

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