Set of 8 French c. 1900 Microscope Slides with Insect Specimens pocket toy but in good structural shape

but in good structural shape with plenty of that lovely left on it

which based on some research I believe dates to the 1860s or so

so I am not 100% certain

and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing

7" long x 3 13/16" wide x 7/18" thick

Set of 8 French c. 1900 Microscope Slides with Insect Specimens pocket toy but in good structural shapeIt seems beautiful glass microscope slides are finding me lately and these antique French ones with handwritten specimen descriptions on lithographed paper labels I think are just so lovely. Silkworm and foot of a caterpillar happily need no translation, and then there appears to be the scale of a sole (fish I assume) and mouth of a ?, and something human! (perhaps your deciphering skills will be better than mine!) All of the specimens are visible