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An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass 2.3/4-inch reflecting telescope,
signed on the back plate DOLLOND LONDON, with rack and pinion focusing, star-finder telescope with adjustable draw-tubes and cross-wire adjusters, the 40.1/2in. (103cm.) long body-tube raised on a limb and tapering pillar support with telescopic rack and pinion adjusted steadying-bar, on folding tripod stand, the cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, with various eyepieces and other items, in fitted mahogany case -- 43.3/8in. (110.3cm.) wide
See Colour Plate 3
signed on the back plate DOLLOND LONDON, with rack and pinion focusing, star-finder telescope with adjustable draw-tubes and cross-wire adjusters, the 40.1/2in. (103cm.) long body-tube raised on a limb and tapering pillar support with telescopic rack and pinion adjusted steadying-bar, on folding tripod stand, the cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, with various eyepieces and other items, in fitted mahogany case -- 43.3/8in. (110.3cm.) wide
See Colour Plate 3