An early French achromatic microscope, c. 1838
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Circa
1838
Country of manufacture
France
Description
An interesting and early example of a large French achromatic microscope, unsigned, but probably attributable to the work of Molteno Ainé, Molteni or Bianchi. The instrument needs restoration: the rack of its mirror, whose attachment is broken, is broken and is no longer in working order.
Otherwise, the example is in rather good condition, preserving two eyepieces and two objectives, its stage and its large substage mirror. Everything is preserved in its mahogany box measuring 32x27x10 cm.
Inside the mirror, we discover a page of a daily newspaper of the time dated 1838.
Interesting and early model copying the large simplified achromatic of Vincent and Charles Chevalier, introduced few years earlier.
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Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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