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Renaissance vision from spectacles to telescopes / Vincent Ilardi.
- Ilardi, Vincent, 1925-
- Date
- 2007
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia, PA : American Philosophical Society, 2007.
Physical description
xv, 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-366) and index.
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.
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineQF.34Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 0871692597
- 9780871692597