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A Leitz Binocular Compound Microscope With Provenance
lot 18 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
German, c.1920, signed to the front of the binocular head, Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, No.229400, on black enameled 'Y' shaped base plano-concave mirror, ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Collection of Klaus Kemp Microscope Slides
lot 19 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
comprising of the following slides as labeled: Exhibition Mount Oamaru, N.Z. 10/1984 K. D. Kemp Radiolaria, Fossil Marine, Barbados, Exhibition ... read more
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Rare Original Pigeon Post Microscope Slide
lot 20 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
The standard size microscope slide with a coverslip covering a section of microfilm, with a single paper label for H. L. HAWKINS with a handwritten ... read more
Sold for £1,250 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Modern Microscope Microphotographs
lot 21 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
to include 3 slides labeled 'MICROPHOTGRAPH made from an original J. B. Dancer negative by G. W. W. Stevensonon Kodak Max. Resolution plate at Harrow ... read more
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 12
Microphotograph of R. Suter's Slide List
lot 22 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
a microscope microphotograph titled 'Revised Catalogue of Microscopical Slides Etc 1900' with a paper label that reads R Souter Slide List
Sold for £50 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Good Victorian Microscope Slide Cabinet
lot 23 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed of French polished mahogany with plinth base and glazed door, with 21 slide drawers each capable of holding 3 ... read more
Sold for £262 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Shackleton, Sir Ernest, Expedition Microscope Slide
lot 24 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
Label reads Porphyritic Basalt Shackleton Expedition S.Pole Bull Section 1923, the slide would appear to have been mounted in 1923 a year after ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Microscope Slide By Frederick Marshall
lot 25 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
the slide with delicate engravings of leaves and flowers, with paper labels in Marshall’s handwriting for 'Australia, Chirodota, Wheel Plates'
Sold for £275 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Large & Fine Collection of Diatom Microscope Slides
lot 26 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
The cabinet, English, c.1900, unsigned, constructed of a light hardwood French polished on a plinth base, glazed door opening to reveal 29 drawers ... read more
Sold for £2,875 Result plus buyers premium More details 28
A Good Collection of Microscope Microphotographs
lot 27 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
a good collection of Microscope microphotographs by makers including J. B. Dancer, Manchester, Andrew Reeve, J.J.Zaalberg Van Zelst, Gezigtkumdige, ... read more
Sold for £2,625 Result plus buyers premium More details 11
4 Microscope Diatom Type Slides
lot 28 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
All by W. A. Firth, comprising of: A slide labeled Diatomaceae Selected Type slide 41sp, San Redondo California, with a printed list in a card case ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 5
A Large & Spectacular Collection of Microscope Slides
lot 29 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
The Cabinet - English, c.1880, unsigned but very much in the style of Beck, constructed of French polished mahogany with a large carry handle on the ... read more
Sold for £3,250 Result plus buyers premium More details 16
Darwin, Francis, Theory of Growth of Cuttings, Quekett Library Copy
lot 30 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
The Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, vol.XVIII, London, 1881, Darwin, Francis ,The Theory of the Growth of Cuttings; illustrated by ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 5
Folio Society Hooke Micrographia
lot 31 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
The Folio Society London 2017, copy 435 of 750, in its original box, and outerbox still wrapped Hook's Micrographia was a groundbreaking work of ... read more
Sold for £275 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Microscopy - Beal, Lionel, S. How To Work with The Microscope, Signed by the Author
lot 34 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
Beal, Lionel, S. How To Work With The Microscope. fourth ed, 1868, recent binding petrol blue cloth, signed in ink to the title page ''Medical ... read more
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 3
Microscopy - Early Books On Microscopy By Pritchard & Harting
lot 35 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
comprising of Pritchard, Andrew, A History of Infusorial Animacules, Living & Fossil, A New Edition Enlarged, 1852, Half Calf with marbled boards, ... read more
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Microscopy - First Ever Catalogue to mention Wenham's New Binocular Microscope
lot 36 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
Smith, Beck and Beck, A Catalogue of Achromatic Microscopes Manufactured By Smith Beck & Beck, 1862, 19p, containing an introductory passage that ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 129 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
English, c.1930, engraved 'STANDARD YARD, COUNTY BOROUGH OF BURNLEY, DEGRAVE & SHORT CO LTD MAKERS LONDON', the comparator standard yard measure, ... read more
Sold for £212 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
Medical Diagnosis, A Hematimetre by Hayem & Nachet
lot 217 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
French, c.1880, a rare early form of Haemacytometer, invented by Georges Hayem and made by the instrument maker Nachet, it consists of a microscope ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An Important Collection of 17 Period Articles Documenting the Discovery of DNA
lot 244 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
An important collection of 14 papers documenting one of the most important scientific milestones of the twentieth century, recording the discovery of ... read more
Sold for £5,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 20
A Collection of English Projection Polariscope Images
lot 267 (Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books, 24th May, 2023)
comprising of 3 thick stressed glass specimens in polished mahogany frames marked 'NEWTON 3 FLEET STREET LONDON', 5 selenite designs with 2 marked ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 10
A French Microscope By Heartnack & Prazmouski
lot 421 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
French, c.1860, engraved to the drawer tube 'Hartnack & Prazmouski, Rue Bonaparte 1 Paris' microscope on Y shaped base with plano-concave mirror, ... read more
Sold for £162 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 422 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
French, c.1880, stamped to the limb 'C. VERICK PARIS' the microscope on a green painted cast iron stand, with a mirror on an articulated arm, with a ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Brass Microscope By R & J Beck
lot 423 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
English, c.1900, engraved to the rear of the stand 'R & J BECK Ltd LONDON' the microscope on a Y shaped base with plano-concave mirror, substage ... read more
Sold for £119 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Microscopes By Negretti Zambra
lot 424 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
Comprising of a small brass lacquered microscope engraved to the back of the foot 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON' on a single column with rack and pinion ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Society of the Arts Pattern Microscope By Hughes
lot 425 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
English, c.1870, engraved in copperplate script to the rear of the Y shaped foor 'H Hughes 59 Fenchurch Street, London' of typical Society of the ... read more
Sold for £106 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Good & Early Microscope By Leitz, Wetzlar
lot 426 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
German, c.1880, engraved to the foot 'E. LEITZ WETZLAR', the microscope on Y shaped base with small pillar supporting the main body, with ... read more
Sold for £119 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 427 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
French, c.1880, engraved 'E. Hartnack, sucr de G Oberhauser Palace Dauphine 21, Paris; with cast iron foot, unusual rack and pinion focusing with ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 428 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
English, c.1860, engraved around the top shoulder 'J. H. STEWARD, 106 STRAND LONDON' of typical form with mirror at base rack and pinion focusing 3 ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Continental Pattern Microscope By Crouch
lot 429 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
English, c.1890, engraved to the back of the foot 'HENRY CROUCH, LONDON, 9628' the microscope on a Y shaped base with large upright supporting main ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 430 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
English, c.1900, engraved 'W. WATSON & SONS 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, 4364' on a Y shaped base with single pillar support to the microscope body, ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Ross-Pattern Baker Microscope
lot 431 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
english, c.1870, engraved to the back of the foot 'BAKER 244 High Holborn London; on a Y shaped base, concave mirror, rack and pinion focusing, with ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
An Unusual Microscope By Field & Son
lot 432 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
English, c.1880, engraved to the back of the foot 'R. Field & Son, BIRMINGHAM' with painted cast iron base on pad feet, plano-concave mirror (loose ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
2 Microscopes by Baker, London
lot 433 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
comprising of a Ross-pattern microscope c.1860, engraved to the rear of the foot 'Baker 244 High Holborn, London, with plano-concave mirror, rack and ... read more
Sold for £150 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A WWII German Leitz Microscope
lot 434 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
German, c.1940, engraved to the body tube Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, No.360679, the microscope with plano-concave mirror, focusing substage condenser, ... read more
Sold for £31 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Good Collection of Microscope Slides
lot 435 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
in 5 cases, including 2 mahogany cases containing a number of oversized teaching pathology slides with various diseases, a light pine case of 144 ... read more
Sold for £225 Result plus buyers premium More details 27
A Collection of Microscope Accessories
lot 436 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
including a number of modern objectives, a Leitz lucida in a case, a number of petrological rock section microscope slides in two small wooden cases, ... read more
Sold for £44 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Collection of Microscope Slides & Accessories
lot 444 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
comprising of two card microscope slide cases, one empty and the other with a few trays of slides by T Gerrard & Co Ltd, several empty microscope ... read more
Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 1
lot 482 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)
including a Bausch & Lomb microscope in a case, finished in black enamel and brass lacquer, and engraved to the side D I BOSWORTH, with a later LOMO ... read more
Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 4
An 18th Century Adams Solar Microscope
lot 754 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
English, late 18th Century, signed to the microscope shutter plate 'ADAMS LONDON' the microscope complete with adjustable mirror, shutter plate and ... read more
Sold for £1,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
An Olympus BH-2 Trinocular Microscope
lot 755 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
Japan, c.1990, labeled to the front OLYMPUS BH-2, the microscope with a halogen lamp to the rear, base with light controls, course focus to the rear, ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Ernsy Leitz Wetzlar Microscope
lot 756 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
German, c.1920, engraved Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, No.294251, with plano-concave mirror, simple stage, fine focus and course focus with 2 objectives and ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Large Microscope Slide Cabinet
lot 757 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed entirely from mahogany with a tambour-style door to the front, with a plinth top capable of holding 20 sets of ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Good Victorian Microscope Slide Cabinet
lot 758 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed of French polished mahogany with plinth base and glazed door, with 21 slide drawers each capable of holding 3 ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Collection of Diatom Plates & Notes
lot 759 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
comprising of a collection of photographic plates of Challenger plates with handwritten notes to the reverse, in an envelope marked 'Reduction of ... read more
Sold for £44 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Microscope Accessories
lot 760 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
A collection of various microscope accessories including Watson & Zeiss substage condensers, a Swift brass objective, and other microscope related ... read more
Sold for £50 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 761 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
a selection of, (Qty: 1)
Sold for £12 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Selection of Microscope Catalogues
lot 782 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
to include 'Microscopes of the Frank Collection 1800-1860' & 'Arthur Frank Loan Collection Early Scientific Instruments', (Qty: 1)
Sold for £12 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Approximately 21 Period Microscope Books
lot 809 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
Including: The Microscope, Jabez Hogg, 1911. The Microscope, Simon Henry Gage, 1943. Practical Phot-Micrography, Andrew Pringle, 1893 The Microscope ... read more
Sold for £19 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Large Collection of Diatom & Protozoa Microscope Books
lot 810 (The Collectors Sale, 29th Mar, 2023)
including An Introduction to the Study of the Protozoa, Minchin, 1922, from the Quekett Library, North American Proctotrypidae, William H. Ashmead, ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 1