Author: ROSSI, FRANK
Title: Brillen: Van Leesglas tot mode-artikel. [First dutch language edition translated from the original german by Gunther Amelung].
Description: Haarlem, Schuyt & Co., 1991. Square 8°. Original cloth, dustjacket. 176pp. Captioned coloured illustrations on many plates, many captioned monochrome illustrations on plates and in text, some portraits in text, of which facsims. after old engravings, detailed explanatory glossary, register, bibliography, table of contents, bookplate pasted on recte of f.e.p. ADDED 2 illustrated dutch language press clippings about eye-glasses. Dutch language investigation into the history, development and fashions of eye-glasses, from classic aniquity up till the 20th century, e.g.: ophalmic knowledge and its application in antiquity, techncal aspects of the production of eye-glasses and frames, extravagant fashions in sunglasses, the social appreciation of eye-lasses andd fashionable frames. Very fine copy.

Keywords: eyeglasses frames history development production optics opthalmics fashions extravagance society appreciation technque history culture heritage