“A. Pichlers Witwe und sohn Wien” didactic microscope model, C 1910.

A didactic model of microscope with views of the light beams. This model shows the working of the lens of a microscope. Complete and the dimensions are 25 long x 18 cm high. The company was founded in 1793 by Anton Andreas Pichler in Vienna. Following the founder’s death in 1823, his widow, Elisabeth Pichler, continued the business. From 1851/1852, the company was renamed A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn (A. Pichler’s widow & son), after her son Franz Pichler had joined the management. In 1922, the publishing house was absorbed into the larger Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky group, which still exists today as a major educational publisher in Austria.