Live Auction 5809Travel, Science & Natural History
Christie’s roundel
Lot 214

A DUTCH ACHROMATIC POCKET TELESCOPE

JAN VAN DEIJL, 1770

Closed15 October 2009

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GBP 4,750

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A DUTCH ACHROMATIC POCKET TELESCOPE
JAN VAN DEIJL, 1770
signed Jan van Deyl en Zoon Inv, et Fec, Amsterdam 1770, the lacquered brass tube with dustcap at one end, the eyepiece unscrews and reverses to tuck into the tube for storage; in a green velvet-lined shagreen case.
10in. (26cm.) long