Fashions in Eyeglasses

Fashions in Eyeglasses
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Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106018299344
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Book Synopsis Fashions in Eyeglasses by : Richard Corson

Download or read book Fashions in Eyeglasses written by Richard Corson and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 1980 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of eyeglass fashions through seven centuries from the first riveted spectacles made up of two single magnifying lenses to the latest extremes in fashionable wear dictated by fashion and desire for social status as much as by optical considerations.


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