I'll never tire of looking at Victorian era glass microscope slides of all sorts of tiny specimens, and these, between their handwritten labels, plaid borders and backings, and very visible, beautiful contents, are I think especially good. Such excellent, evocative language --"Pith of Elder", "Leaf of Scarlet Runner"--and then bits of fur from a Jenet [Genet] cat, back of a deer, and White Coat seal. I also really love the how the glass cutouts were individually shaped to suit the specimen, most dramatically on that "Leaf of Box." Embodiments of the obsession with the natural world during the Victorian era and massive popularization of the home microscope. Excellent additions to any cabinet of curiosities I'd say, whether one has a microscope or not!
Set of 18. each approx 3" x 1". All in very good condition.
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