G. Albertotti, Letter about the invention of eyeglasses to the honorable
Senator Isadoro Del Lungo on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the
University of Padova (notice the images on the paper of scissors glasses,
the Henry VIII mask, an eyeglass case, and the image of the 1352 Medina
painting) |
From the 1685 English translation of Johann Amos Comenius's Orbis
Sensualium pictus, 1658, the first picture book for children |
A Devil Wearing Eyeglasses”, carved wood, Joseph Thaddaeus (1695-1765),
The Library of Benedictine Abbey of Admont, Austria |
Front cover of the first book on spectacles, Daza De Valdes, 1623, Becker
Medical Library |
