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pre-1775 refracting telescopes

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Adams, Dudley, 1803
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 211

Ayscough, James
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 180

Ayscough, James, 1750 c.
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 49

Baillou, Francois, 1761
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 73

Baillou, Francois, 1753
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 72

Belletti, Paulo, 1681
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 63

Beltrami, Pietro, 1750 c.
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 71

Blethyn, Theodorus, 1675 c.
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 35

Bourgeois, Jacques / Boulliau, Ismael / Beeckman, Isaac
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 21

Burlini, Biasio, 1720 c.
Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
LC 66

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Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

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