Bella Cosa: Eyewear

By Gli Occhiali and Franca Acerenza

Book Overview

Eyeglasses, monocles, lorgnettes, sunglasses, and elaborate cases from around the world fill the pages of this elegant volume. The repertoire of fine curios includes iron-wire specs used by Austrian troops in WWI, 18th-century spectacles that curved over the head and under the wig of courtiers, and hinged-frame 15th-century horn glasses worn by early scholars. 122 full-color images.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811818705
• ISBN13: 9780811818704
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

wonderful resource for costumers and reenactors!!

I purchased this book as a gift for a fellow costumer friend. Now I want a copy for myself! As far as I know, there is no other resource that focuses exclusively on, or even devotes any space to such a comprehensive and detailed representation of period eyewear. The photographs are beautiful, and the details of the specimens are fascinating. I learned things I never knew about glasses before. Now I'm tempted to pick up the other titles in this series, especially the ones on hats and footwear. If you're a costumer or reenactor, this is an excellent (and affordable!) resource to have in your library.

Excellent reference for collectors.

I'm an optometrist and spectacle maker and this is the best book I've found for identifying and dating antique eyewear.