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The Story in a Pair of Spectacles
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pamphlet; article; reprint; offprint
American Optical Company
North America: USA, Massachusetts, Southbridge
1921
paper
overall: 255 mm x 165 mm

Complimentary re-print, issued as a standalone publication by an ophthalmic manufacturer (2nd edition), reproducing an original article from 'The Book of Wonders', 1921., pp.268-289. Portrait format, printed in black on white, with soft end papers, stapled. Includes historical background (especially of Chinese spectacles, how lenses are made and making spectacle rims. Illustrated with photographs of spectacles and industrial manufacturing processes, including a drawing of Geiorge Washington's spectacles.


2021.474

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