Italian mathematician and astronomer Francesco Fontana (1585-1656) published the atlas in 1646. Fontana's observations began four decades earlier (1608), as he himself states in the work.
The 150-page atlas, written in Latin, includes numerous woodcuts that detail and describe the lunar surface with incredible fidelity. The book is kept under strict safety conditions, which include an antacid box without iron particles that could degrade it, constant temperature and humidity, and radon gas fire protection. The copy has been digitized and restored for online consultation and can be seen online at: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/science/space/francesco-fontana-lunar-atlas.html#storylink=cpy. It is unknown exactly who invented the telescope. Several German and Dutch astronomers (Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen and Jacob Metius) are credited with its creation around the first decade of the 17th century.