An Italian telescope
Leonardo Semitecolo, 18th century
A three-draw vellum-covered, card-bodied telescope with horn fittings, with lines marked on the vellum for focus, brass dust-slides, the orange-stained body-tube with tooled decorations, signed LEONARDO SEMITECOLO.
9½in. (24cm.) long shut
An Italian telescope
Leonardo Semitecolo, 18th century
A three-draw vellum-covered, card-bodied telescope with horn fittings, with lines marked on the vellum for focus, brass dust-slides, the orange-stained body-tube with tooled decorations, signed LEONARDO SEMITECOLO.
9½in. (24cm.) long shut