Merz telescope eyepieces, 3 eyepieces for antique and vintage telescopes, German

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Merz telescope eyepieces, 3 eyepieces for antique and vintage telescopes, German:
$475.00

Merz telescope eyepieces, 3 eyepieces for antique and vintage telescopes, Germany You can\'t find often a complete set of 19th century eyepieces for an antique telescope.
For a reason or another the previous owner sold the Merz telescope and kept the eyepieces. So the eyepieces ended up here.
Although the eyepieces aren\'t signed they are for 100% made by Merz. Merz was born on 26 January 1793 in Bichl, in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, now in Bavaria, Germany.At the age of 15 he went to work in the glassworks recently set up by Joseph von Utzschneider in the nearby deconsecrated monastery of Benediktbeuern. There he became the assistant of Joseph Fraunhofer. From 1826, when Fraunhofer died, Merz was in charge of the optical division of the business. On the death of von Utzschneider in 1839 Merz, in partnership with Joseph Mahler, bought the firm. After Mahler\'s death he ran the business in partnership with his sons Ludwig and Sigmund. When Ludwig died in 1858 the name was changed to G. & S. Merz.Georg Merz died in Munich on 12 January 1867. In 1882 the firm passed to Jacob and Matthias Merz, Sigmund\'s cousins, and in 1884 the Benediktbeuern works was closed. The company moved to Munich, and closed in 1903.In 1782 the Molteni company was founded in Paris. Joseph Antoine Blathazar was an Italian maker of optical instruments.
In 1855 his brother Jules Molteni takes over the company and in 1863 together with his nephew Alfred Molteni they started the company J. & A. Molteni specialized in the construction and sale of precision instruments. Included in the sale
f=5 Merz eyepiece
f=7 Merz eyepiece
f=9 Merz eyepieceDimensions
Barrel diameter 31mmCondition
The eyepieces have cosmetic traces of use
The optics are clearInternational Buyers
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