Microscope for imaging a region of a sample arranged in a first medium in an object plane on or in a sample carrier, which is embodied at least partially in the form of a plane-parallel plate, comprising - at least one microscope objective as part of a microscopic imaging and/or illumination system, - an optical transmission system, arranged between sample carrier and microscope objective and having two rotationally symmetric lenses (1, 2), wherein the region of the sample in the object plane is located within the focal length of a front lens of the optical transmission system and the plane-parallel plate is arranged between sample and optical transmission system, with the result that the object plane is imaged into a virtual, magnified intermediate image in an intermediate image plane on the same side of the optical transmission system as the object plane, - wherein the virtual intermediate image is located in a second medium, - wherein the object plane and the intermediate image plane enclose with an optical axis of the transmission system, which is parallel with respect to the normal of the large surfaces of the plane-parallel plate, an angle of 0° to less than 90°, and the front lens and the second lens of the optical transmission system are embodied to correct spherical aberrations due to non-parallel orientations of the object plane with respect to the plane-parallel plate, and - wherein the at least one microscope objective is designed for imaging from or into the intermediate image plane in the second medium, wherein an optical axis of the at least one microscope objective is perpendicular to the intermediate image plane and the at least one microscope objective is focused to the intermediate image plane. - at least one microscope objective as part of a microscopic imaging and/or illumination system, - an optical transmission system, arranged between sample carrier and microscope objective and having two rotationally symmetric lenses (1, 2), wherein the region of the sample in the object plane is located within the focal length of a front lens of the optical transmission system and the plane-parallel plate is arranged between sample and optical transmission system, with the result that the object plane is imaged into a virtual, magnified intermediate image in an intermediate image plane on the same side of the optical transmission system as the object plane, - wherein the virtual intermediate image is located in a second medium, - wherein the object plane and the intermediate image plane enclose with an optical axis of the transmission system, which is parallel with respect to the normal of the large surfaces of the plane-parallel plate, an angle of 0° to less than 90°, and the front lens and the second lens of the optical transmission system are embodied to correct spherical aberrations due to non-parallel orientations of the object plane with respect to the plane-parallel plate, and - wherein the at least one microscope objective is designed for imaging from or into the intermediate image plane in the second medium, wherein an optical axis of the at least one microscope objective is perpendicular to the intermediate image plane and the at least one microscope objective is focused to the intermediate image plane.