| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-11-01 | | Series: | Bella Cosa |
| Size | | Length: | 141 pages | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Eyeglasses, monocles, lorgnettes, sunglasses, and elaborate cases from around the world fill the pages of this elegant volume. The repertoire of fine curios includes iron-wire specs used by Austrian troops in WWI, 18th-century spectacles that curved over the head and under the wig of courtiers, and hinged-frame 15th-century horn glasses worn by early scholars. 122 full-color images.
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