ITALY, Venice, late 18th or early 19th century Four-tube spotting scope in brown leather-wrapped cardboard decorated with gilded irons of friezes of fleurons and flowering vases in squares on the tip, and green paper with gilded decoration, and turned wood at both ends containing the lenses. The first edition contains two cardboard tubes covered with marbled paper, each with a glass lens encircled by molded blond wood. Closed length: 35.4 cm - Open length: approx. 116 cm. Wear, scratches, scratches, a few small accidents and missing parts, notably to the leather; the large lens needs to be reattached to the wooden frame. In a later zinc case. The cardboard of this telescope is made from old leaves.