A short account of the eye and nature of vision. Chiefly designed to illustrate the use and advantage of spectacles. Wherein Are laid down Rules for chusing Glasses proper for remedying all the different Defects of sight. As also Some reasons for preferring a particular Kind of Glass, fitter than any other made Use of for that Purpose. By James Ayscough, optician. The Fourth Edition.

ID 25124
Title A short account of the eye and nature of vision. Chiefly designed to illustrate the use and advantage of spectacles. Wherein Are laid down Rules for chusing Glasses proper for remedying all the different Defects of sight. As also Some reasons for preferring a particular Kind of Glass, fitter than any other made Use of for that Purpose. By James Ayscough, optician. The Fourth Edition.
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Signed Author By James Ayscough, optician.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination [4], 26, [2]
Date of Publication 1755
Edition Statement The Fourth Edition.
Edition Number 4
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed by E. Say, for A. Strahan, in Cornhill; J. Robinson, Ludgate-Street; P. Stevens, facing Stationers-Hall; and Mrs. Dodd, without Temple-Bar
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Octavo (8vo)
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Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 6
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Ayscough, James. A short account of the eye and nature of vision. Chiefly designed to illustrate the use and advantage of spectacles. Wherein Are laid down Rules for chusing Glasses proper for remedying all the different Defects of sight. As also Some reasons for preferring a particular Kind of Glass, fitter than any other made Use of for that Purpose. By James Ayscough, optician. The Fourth Edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 25124, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/25124. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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  publisher={Alexander Strahan [Cornhill] \& Jacob Robinson [Ludgate St] \& Paul Stevens \& Anne Dodd II},
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