A GOOD WOODEN NUREMBERG MICROSCOPE
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Circa
late 18th-early 19th
Country of manufacture
Germany
Description
A good wooden Nuremberg microscope of the rarer shape “a chapelle”.
Late 18th-early 19th century
Dimension: 21,5cm (8 ½”) close; 28cm (11”) extended.
This microscope is made entirely in wood with the exception of the body tube, draw-tube and eyepiece which are cardboard covered with paper and capped with wooden rings.
Screwed eye-cap and objective screwed cover are present.
It has an eye lens, field lens and objective.
It comes together a wooden slide with 3 preparates.
Rare model of the famous wooden Nuremberg microscope toys, manufactured during the turn of the 18th and 19 century in Southern Germany.
More uncommon than the other, Culpeper-type, model, always in wood.
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Alpha et Omega
Alpha Et Omega
Alpha et Omega is a recently established firm, based in Milan, Italy. We specialise in antique Scientific Instruments and rare Books to supply collections worldwide. Focus is given to optical and time-related instruments, especially before the Industrial Revolution but we are also interested in rare-to-find scientific and natural items and wunderkammer objects. Alpha et Omega also deals in rare books related to Early Science and Scientific Instruments. Please feel free to contact us for individual requests or desiderata.
