Spectacles, Lorgnettes and Monocles (Shire Library) - Softcover

Davidson, D. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747805458 ISBN 13: 9780747805458

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrated throughout with many colour photographs, a charming and nostalgic introduction to optical history.

Spectacles have been used since the thirteenth century, at first by the few people who needed to read, such as churchmen and clerks.

Later examples were fashioned from horn, leather, tortoiseshell and metal, and as eighteenth century variations such as lorgnettes and quizzing glasses became elegant accessories of the upper-classes, they inevitably became heavily influenced by contemporary fashions. As spectacles and quizzers became increasingly common, leaders of taste distinguished themselves by favouring new and often ornate designs such as hand-held scissor-spectacles and, later, monocles.

This compact book traces the development and use of eyeglasses from their origins in medieval Italy to the mass-produced items of the twentieth century, highlighting their use both as vision aids and fashion accessories and explaining their value for modern collectors.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Derek C. Davidson was an enthusiastic collector of old spectacles and was the founder of the Ophthalmic Antiques International Collectors' Club. This edition was revised by the author of the club newsletter, Ronald J. S. Macgregor, a retired optometrist who has been interested in optical history for more than forty years.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0747805458
• ISBN 13: 9780747805458
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: MacGregor Ronald J. S.
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 40
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland