The optician's handbook
 Catalogue Number: 2278 The optician's handbook Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: Anon 'An ophthalmic surgeon' Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1895 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: The Guttenberg Press Description Of Item: Original cloth, 134 pp, 55 illustrations in text plus advertisements.Kett also holds another copy No.246 Historical Significance: A late 19th C manual for optometrists on refraction and the fitting of glasses published at the time the first examinations for optometrists were instigated by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers and the British Optical Association. Condition: Fair Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |