A short account of the eye and nature of vision. Chiefly designed to illustrate the use and advantage of spectacles. Wherein Is 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. The second edition. By James Ayscough, optician.

ID 25507
Title A short account of the eye and nature of vision. Chiefly designed to illustrate the use and advantage of spectacles. Wherein Is 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. The second edition. By James Ayscough, optician.
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Signed Author By James Ayscough, optician.
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Volumes 1
Pagination [4], 26, [2]
Date of Publication 1752
Edition Statement The Second Edition
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed by E. Say, for A. Strahan, in Cornhill; J. Robinson, Ludgate-Street; Mrs. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; and J. Jolliffe, in St. James's-Street
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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 Is 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. The second edition. By James Ayscough, optician.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 25507, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/25507. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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