Claude Simeon PASSEMANT (1702-1769)

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3000 - 4000 EUR
Claude Simeon PASSEMANT (1702-1769)
Reflection telescope in bronze and brass, body covered with black leather. Folding tripod stand, signed on the eyepiece tower " PASSEMANT, ingénieur du roi, au Louvre à Paris ". France, mid 18th century L. of the tube 36 cm Official supplier to the sovereigns, Passemant was the first to market in France reflective telescopes based on the model of Isaac Newton's (1668)
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