Lettera intorno all’Invenzione degli occhiali

by Francesco Redi

$2,450 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Very rare enlarged edition (first ed. 1678) of what is believed to be the first printed monograph on the invention of eyeglasses. Francesco Redi, head physician of the Medici court and superintendent of the ducal pharmacy and foundry, was one of the great experimentalists of his time. His stature as..... More

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