Fashions in eyeglasses
 Catalogue Number: 2517 Fashions in eyeglasses Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: CORSON Richard Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1967 Edition: 1st edition Time Period: 21st C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Peter Owen Ltd Description Of Item: Original green cloth covers with gold decorative motif on the front. 287 pages, 121 black and white figures, 75 black and white plates. Label on front paste down indication the book was donated by M Aitken. Historical Significance: The Hewett collection holds a good copy of the 3rd edition (Cat No. 1995). This book covers spectacle frame design from the 14th to 21st C. It is an informative book and useful for identification and dating of spectacle frames as well as informing change in the design of spectacles over the centuries. How Acquired: Donated by Michael Aitken, honorary archivist Date Acquired: 1977 Condition: Good except for library stickers and stamps Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |