Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

     

       

Ernst Leitz (Wetzlar, Germany)

Listed below are most microscopes, mechanical stages, lamps and/or other items pictured in the catalogues of this maker or retailer (for which I have a copy), including the information about the year each image appeared and a brief description.

 

  

 

Image

Catalogue’s publication year

Observations from the catalogue

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905)

Stativ Ib

A picture containing wall, indoor, microscope

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture Ib

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Stativ II

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Stativ IIa

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905)

Stativ IIb

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture IIb

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905)

Stativ III

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture III

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905)

Stativ IV

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture IV

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Stativ V

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Stativ VI

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Reise trichinenmikroskop

A picture containing metalware, old

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Demonstration microscope

A machine on the white cover

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Nebelthau’s traversing microscope

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905)

Stativ nach Dollken

A picture containing wall, indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Microscope for the observation of brain sections

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Metallurgical microscope

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Grande monture mineralogique A

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture mineralogique C

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture mineralogique I

A picture containing indoor, wall, microscope, blender

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture mineralogique II

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture mineralogique III

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906)

Reise mikroskop

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Horizontal reading microscope

Leitz (1905)

Mineralogisches stativ I

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905)

Mineralogisches stativ II

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905)

Mineralogisches stativ III

A picture containing stack

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Grobes lupen mikroskop

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Einfaches lupen mikroskop

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

R. Pfeiffer’s erect vision dissecting microscope

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Grande monture pour loupe a preparer d’Edinger

A picture containing wooden, old, wood

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Praparirtisch mit lupe

A close-up of a tool

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Demonstrations lupenstativ

Diagram, engineering drawing

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Binocular dissecting microscope

A close-up of a helmet

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Mikrometer

A picture containing indoor, mincer, kitchenware

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1909; 1913; 1920)

Grand oculaire micrometrique

A close-up of a circuit board

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905)

Beweglicher objekttisch

A picture containing white

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907; 1909)

Platine a chariot

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907; 1909)

Beweglicher objekttisch

Diagram

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907; 1909)

Beweglicher objekttisch

A close-up of a measuring device

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907; 1909)

Grande platine à chariot

Diagram

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Large mechanical stage

A picture containing device

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Mechanical stage

Diagram, engineering drawing

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Mechanical stage

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Mechanical stage

A picture containing text, outdoor, street, camera

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Mechanical stage

Text

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Mechanical stage

A picture containing text, old

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1909)

Platine a chariot automatique

A picture containing appliance

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1905)

Zeichen un projektionapparat nach Edinger

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1905; 1906; 1907)

Beleuchtungslinse auf statif

A close-up of an object

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1905)

Drehscheibe

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture C

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture D

A close-up of an object

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Monture F

A close-up of a telephone

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1906; 1907)

Microscope pour musées

A picture containing indoor, feet

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1906; 1907; 1913; 1920

Tournette

A picture containing wall, indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1907)

Large travelling microscope

A picture containing appliance

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1909)

Lampe a arc ‘Lilliput’

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1909)

Lentille condensatrice sur monture

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Luminiscence lamp

A picture containing black, device

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Lilliput lamp

A black and white photo of a camera

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Lilliput arc lamp with three condensing lenses

A machine on the white cover

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Lilliput arc lamp with clockwork

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Illuminating lens on stand

A close-up of a bicycle

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1920)

Double demonstrating eyepiece

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ AA

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913; 1915)

Stativ A

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ B

A close-up of a hand holding an object

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1915)

Stativ C

A close-up of a hand object

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ D

A close-up of a hand object

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913; 1915)

Stativ E

Leitz (1913)

Stativ F

Leitz (1913; 1915)

Stativ G

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ H

A close-up of an object

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ GH

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ J

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ Ia

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ Ib

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ II

A picture containing gear

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913)

Stativ IIa

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ IIb

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ III

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913)

Stativ IV

A black and white photo of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ V

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ VI

A close-up of an object

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Stativ VIIa

A machine on the white cover

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Grobe reise mikroskop

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Reise mikroskop

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Reise taschenmikroskop

A picture containing old

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913)

Entomologisches mikroskop

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Ablese mikroskop

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1913)

Demonstration microscope

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Microscope for the observation of brain sections

A picture containing text

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913)

Nebelthau’s microscope

A picture containing outdoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913; 1915)

Binokulaire mikroskop

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1913)

Binokulaire mikroskop Greenough

A close-up of a microscope

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1913)

Binokulaire mikroskop Greenough

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing microscope stand Sy

A picture containing black

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing microscope stand CM

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing microscope stand GM

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing microscope stand KM

A picture containing black

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing microscope stand VI M

A black and white photo of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing simple demonstration microscope

A picture containing outdoor, black

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1921)

Polarizing large demonstration microscope

A picture containing black

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1921)

Simple microscope for preparing and viewing objects in polarised light

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1926)

Large universal microscope

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1932)

Large universal microscope

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1926)

Stand AABM

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1926)

Stand ABM

A picture containing device

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1926)

Mechanical stage

A close-up of a camera

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1926)

Mechanical stage

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1926)

Universal microscope

A picture containing indoor, microscope, black, set

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1926)

Microscope stand CBMP

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1926)

Large microscope stand AABM

A picture containing indoor

Description automatically generated

Leitz (1926)

Microscope stand AA

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1926)

Microscope stand BBMB

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Leitz (1926)

Microscope stand BB

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Leitz (1926)

Microscope stand GC