Beschreibung:

A miscellaneous collection of microscope slides, and a quantity of slide accessories, boxes, literature, photocopies, photographs and other material related to microscopy, including a set of twelve ivory sliders, each with four specimens, contained in a fishskin-covered wood pocket case -- 5in. (12.7cm.) long ; eleven ivory sliders, each with four specimens, contained in a simulated fishskin-covered wood case -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) long ; a set of eighteen continental-pattern glass slides, each with one specimen, and accompanied by handwritten list, in pressed card box -- 21/8in. (5.2cm.) square ; a quantity of other glass and ivory slides with blue and gilt, green, red and yellow paper covers, the ivory sliders each with four specimens, the blue and gilt sliders with printed specimen labels, a quantity of slide box trays, each for six slides, a quantity of transparent plastic slide cases, a folding slide preparation brush, three folding slide preparation wallets; a folder containing various photographs, articles, reprints from the Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, reprints of various catalogues by John B. Dancer and others, quantity of correspondence relating to Dancer, R & J Beck and others, an envelope of photographic reproductions, a folio containing copies of twenty-two leaflets by Frederic Enock (1845-1916) issued for insect studies, a copy of J B DANCER 1812-1887 by Michael Hallett, and The Microscopic Photographs of J.B. Dancer by Brian Bracegirdle and James B. McCormick in original cloth folder (A Lot) See Colour Illustration