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San Francisco: Norman, 1996. This magnificently illustrated and beautifully designed work is the most comprehensive history ever written on the development of spectacles and other vision aids in Europe, America, Japan, and China. With over 780 photographs, of which 310 are in color, Dr. Rosenthal illustrates and analyzes the historical development of a wide variety of vision aids, from spectacles to opera glasses, tracing their development from antiquity to the present day. No other work has covered the field of vision aids on this grand a scale nor provided such magnificent illustrations of such a variety of specimens. 552 pp. 781 illus., 310 in color. 8 " 11". Index. Bibliography. Cloth, dust jacket, acid-free paper.
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Spectacles and Other Vision AIDS: A History and Guide to Collecting Hardcover - 1994
by J. William Rosenthal
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- Title Spectacles and Other Vision AIDS: A History and Guide to Collecting
- Author J. William Rosenthal
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 530
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Norman Pub., San Francisco
- Date May 1994
- ISBN 9780930405717 / 0930405714
- Weight 5.58 lbs (2.53 kg)
- Dimensions 11.34 x 8.96 x 1.82 in (28.80 x 22.76 x 4.62 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95016408
- Dewey Decimal Code 617.752
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