 An important resource for researchers and collectors, the web
site www.antiquespectacles.com
publishes essays on the development of eyeglasses, photos of antique examples,
and links to collecting groups and their publications.
For more information about the Ocular Heritage Society, contact
John W. Tull, MD, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, 143 Springdale Road,
York, PA 17403 or valdatull@suscom.net.
Society members meet in a different city each year to present lectures on
optical history and visit collections here and abroad.
The classic reference in the field is Spectacles and Other
Vision Aids: A History and Guide, by J. William Rosenthal, MD
(Novato, California: Jeremy Norman & Co., 1994). Although expensive, the
book is available in bookstores and Amazon.com. A link is below.
Collectible Eyeglasses, by Frederique Crestin-Billet,
originally published in French, now has an English edition (by Flammarion,
2004). Chapters on antique, modern, and sports models have colorful
illustrations of various eyeglasses from the distant past to the ultra-modern
present. This book is also available on-line from Amazin.com.
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