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

And many a sweet thing said

with hand-stamped (impressed) numbers in different increments on each side

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

with almost no loss of paint or paper on the frames

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