Tuesday 28 March 2017
A William Watsons and Sons microscope, no. 4853, engraved with marks for Ernst Laitz,...
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Description
A William Watsons and Sons microscope, no. 4853, engraved with marks for Ernst Laitz, Wetzlar, in a wooden box with additional lenses, together with a large collection of approximately 225 slides, some professionally prepared, with labels for Smith Beck and Back, 6 Coleman St. and Richard Suter, 10 High Week Road, Tottenham (a lot)
Provenance: formerly property of Dr R L T Bennett, who worked extensively in the public health movement in London.
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