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This brass and ebony microscope (pictured here with its fitted, pocket-sized case) dates from around 1700. It was sold by Edward Culpeper (c.1666-1737).

The screw-barrel microscope has a single objective and is signed 'Culpeper Fet' on the side of the body. It has five ivory slides together with manuscript lists, one of which is pictured here.

Invented by the Dutchman Nicolaas Hartsoeker, this type of instrument was known as a Wilson screw barrel microscope, after James Wilson of London who popularised the design in England.

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