Lot 238
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JAMES SHORT, London

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JAMES SHORT, London
A 3¼-inch brass reflecting telescope, No. 181/1000=12, the 17-inch body-tube with eyepiece, screw-rod focusing, sights and lens cap, on staff-mount, circa 1760

Lot Essay

James Short's one-thousandth telescope.
Short's five-hundredth telescope was sold in these rooms on 18 June 1992 lot 106.

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