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Browning’s New Pocket Folding brass compound Microscope, Circa 1890

$ 237.6

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

A good folding and traveling “New Pocket microscope” attributable to John Browning and datable circa 1890.
The microscope is not signed but has the typical appareance of this pocket Browning microscope.
For a long and good description of this microscope, see here :
https://www.microscope-antiques.com/browning.html
The present example is unsigned and has no case. It seems also that the English optics was changed by a French optics from the time.
Otherwise, despite an old cleaning, good working condition for this nice pocket microscope.
Size closed : 20×6 cm
Size opened : 25 cm height