Spectacles, Monocles and Lorgnettes

Zusammenfassung Spectacles have been used since the thirteenth century! at first by the few people who needed to read! such as churchmen and clerks. This book traces the development and use of eyeglasses from the fourteenth century onwards. It is illustrated with many colour photographs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The seventeenth century The eighteenth century Vision and fashion Nineteenth-century developments Chinese spectacles The twentieth century English terminology for spectacles Further reading Places to visit

Product details

• Authors: D.c Davidson, D.C. Davidson, Davidson D.C., Ronald MacGregor, Ronald J.S. MacGregor
• Assisted by: Ronald J.S. MacGregor (Illustration), MacGregor Ronald J.S. (Illustration)
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9780747805458
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0545-8
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Album S.; Shire Library; Shire Album S.
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; HEALTH & FITNESS / Beauty & Grooming, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / General, Fashion & society, Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles, Cultural studies: dress and society