This amazing handheld telescope features a beautiful brass body and comes with a handcrafted leather handle a long with its own leather case. The telescope is fully functional so you can use it to see a clear detailed image of a faraway object or landscape using a telescope. It is modeled after older-style telescopes. Delivered in its own highly decorative box this telescope extends to approximately 15" in length. The magnification capabilities of this telescope are in the 12x range.
The 17th century brought with it the first known functional telescopes which were created in the Netherlands. Giovanni Demisiani, the Greek mathematician first popularized the word telescope in 1611.
