Lot 32: A cabinet of 461 microscope slides

A cabinet of 461 microscope slides
John Benjamin Dancer (1812-1887) and others
cabinet with eleven drawers of microscope slides by various makers (mostly from Manchester or Birmingham), and 4 empty slide trays; drawers contain 38, 27, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 30, 48, 48, 30 slides (total 461); highlights of the collection include: 11 microphotographs, 4 of which bearing Dancer's label and one dated signed M/C MICRO SOCIETY D(?) 1951 showing microscopists around a table; coal balls from Lancashire strata; sections of different animal horns (including rhinoceros); butterfly wings and several finely-prepared insects and spiders
9½ x 10 x 16in. (25 x 24 x 41cm.)

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