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Renaissance vision from spectacles to telescopes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ilardi, Vincent, 1925-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : American Philosophical Society, 2006.
Series:Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; 259.
Subjects:
Optical industry > Italy > History.
Eyeglasses > Italy > History.
Renaissance > Italy.
Optical industry > History.
Vision disorders > Treatment > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The invention of spectacles revisited
  • Early diffusion
  • Glasses for all ages in Italy
  • International trade in spectacles
  • The art of spectacle making
  • From terrestrial to celestial vision.