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A small telescope in paper, glass and snakewood. Golden decoration. France 1780.
$1,437.77
£1,070.33
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CHF 1,143.75
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DKK 9,135.18
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A small pocket telescope with one extension, lens holder and ring in amoretto wood (Brosimum Guianense); objective holder body in green painted and pressed cardboard with rich decoration stamped in gold at the edge of the inner element. The external element is enriched by a dark grey shagreen (Pastinachus sephen, Forrskål 1775) covering. France, end of XVIII century.
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