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Visus illustratus; or, the sight rendered clear and distinct; being an enquiry and examination into the cause of the inefficacy or defect of the present mode of constructing spectacles ... and to illustrate the use ... of spectacles formed upon a new construction, ... By Addison Smith.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1783 Smi Af.378.1 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Addison 55606
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 37,[1]p.,plates ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for the author, and sold by Egerton; and Walker, 1783.
- Notes:
- With a half-title.
- A bookseller's name in the imprint, preceding that of Egerton, is obliterated in MS.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; a few minor corrections; purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (93); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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