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Microscope Slide Collections

A select sample of collections that are offered for sale

Group of 17 Microscope specimen slides by Martin Burgess

Group of 17 Microscope specimen slides by Martin Burgess Group of 17 Microscope specimen slides by Martin Burgess. A superb group of slides by Martin Burgess dating to the early 1870’s. Slides by this maker are not uncommon but to find a group in this condition is certainly a rarity. The labelling is clean and bright and the decorative papers are mostly in near to mint condition. A varied range of subject matter enhances the group, with some specimens not seen before by this mounter. Later owners’ labels have been applied to some slides, (likely to be cabinet location...

Collection of 9 Microphotographs by Wheeler / Watson

Collection of 9 Microphotographs by Wheeler / Watsonraph by J.D.Moller. A group of 9 Microphotographs by Edmund Wheeler and bearing the retailers label of W.Watson & Son. These labels date the retailing to a period between 1867 & 1882. All slides are in equally superb condition, they appear to have been together since their original purchase. £800 MicrophotogCollection Wheeler / Watsonraph by J.D.Moller ...

Rare Group of Parasite slides by Charles Rothschild

Rare Group of Parasite slides by Charles Rothschild This is a very rare group of fleas and parasites by Charles Rothschild. In ‘near to mint’ condition with one displaying a British Museum label. The Charles Rothschild collection of specimens & microscope slides was bequeathed to the Natural History Museum in 1913.I acquired these slides directly from a (now elderly) close friend of Miriam Rothschild, the Daughter of Charles and an expert in her own right in this field.To my knowledge, Microscope slides by Charles Rothschild have never been seen on the open market before....