French, C.1880, signed to back of base 'Nachet et Fils,' contained in original silk lined French polished mahogany case with brass bindings, microscope stands on heavy shaped brass base supported on two large brass pillars, plano-concave mirror on articulated arm, mechanical substage, mechanical stage with sprung clips, rotating microscope body around optical axis, interchangeable monocular & binocular body tubes, monocular can be set up as a full polarising microscope with goniometer eyepiece and Nicol prism, impressive set of original accessories including objectives numbered and eyepieces numbered 1, 2 & 3 with two binocular eyepieces