Maker: Unknown

Year: 1700 c.

Year Range: -

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Manufacturing Location: Italy

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No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 96

Sources:

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument to See Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2009. p.101. #99.

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument for Seeing Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2013. p.103. #96.

Public Notes:

"Presumably Italian telescope. Main tube covered with parchment. Eight pasteboard drawtubes, covered with marbled paper. Ferrules and end pieces made of ivory . Length 62-232 cm, Ø 8 cm. Unsigned. Ca. 1700" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 2320

Length (closed): 620

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Objective type: singlet

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Materials: ivory, paper, parchment

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