A VERY LARGE 2IN. SINGLE DRAW WOOD AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY J. GILBERT, LUDGATE STREET, LONDON, CIRCA

A VERY LARGE 2IN. SINGLE DRAW WOOD AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY J. GILBERT, LUDGATE STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1778
signed on the drawer as per title, bulbous eyepiece with dust slide, the main tube with heavily cast threaded section at centre -- 75½in. (192cm.) long (assembled)
Lacking threaded lens cap, fine overall condition and optics appear in good working order.