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In the blink of an eye : a cultural history of spectacles / Stefana Sabin ; translated by Nick Somers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sabin, Stefana.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Eyeglasses--History.
- Eyeglasses.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2021.
- Language Note:
- First published in German as: AugenBlicke ... Göttingen: Wallstein, 2019.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: From Nero's Emerald To Cardinal Hugo's Rivet Spectacles
- Pisa Or Florence?
- Nuns, Apostles And Thieves
- Seeing And Understanding
- Painters, Poets And Their Characters
- Wizards And Secret Agents
- The Glasses Come Off!
- The Glasses Stay On!.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (pages 109-110)
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1789144639
- 9781789144635
- OCLC:
- 1226761879
- Publisher Number:
- 99988585545
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