Plate I : Lunetier, Verres de differens foyers ***** Plate II : Lunetier, Ouvrages et outils ***** Plate III : Lunetier, Outils ***** Plate IV : Lunetier, Machines a couper et a polir ***** Ophthalmologist - Eyes - Eye glasses - Optician - Optometrist Glasses. - "Lunetier" Plates 1 - 4 with explanatory text page Plate I : Lunetier, Verres de differens foyers Plate II : Lunetier, Ouvrages et outils Plate III : Lunetier, Outils Plate IV : Lunetier, Machines a couper et a polir Copper etchings.

Professions, Optic, Optician, Diderot

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Plate I : Lunetier, Verres de differens foyers

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Plate II : Lunetier, Ouvrages et outils

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Plate III : Lunetier, Outils

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Plate IV : Lunetier, Machines a couper et a polir

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Ophthalmologist - Eyes - Eye glasses - Optician - Optometrist

Glasses. - "Lunetier" Plates 1 - 4 with explanatory text page

Plate I : Lunetier, Verres de differens foyers

Plate II : Lunetier, Ouvrages et outils

Plate III : Lunetier, Outils

Plate IV : Lunetier, Machines a couper et a polir

Copper etchings.

Published in "Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) Paris, 1751-1780

General age toning. Right margin has water stain outside image.
Margin edges show traces of age and use. Prints are connected by original binding.

Sheet size: 40 x 27 cm (ca. 15.7 x 10.6")

Price for the complete set of 4 pages
Interior view of shop, illustrating the method of manufacture of spectacles. Also shown are instruments for grinding and polishing lenses. Glasses, eyeglasses or spectacles, vision eyewear, vision correction.
The earliest recorded comment on the use of lenses for optical purposes was made in 1268 by Roger Bacon.