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A COLLECTION OF EIGHT OPHTHALMIC BOOKS
Comprising: Wholesale Illustrated Catalogue of Optical Goods by Henry Laurance, late 19th century; Spectacles and Other Vision Aids by J. William Rosenthal M.D., 1996; Illustrated History of Early Antique Spectacles by Hugh Orr, 1985; The Seeing Eye: Eyeglass to Spyglass, Frank Collection catalogue, 1993; Ophthalmic Antiques Extracts 1986-1996 edited by Ronald MacGregor; Restoring Ophthalmic Antiques by Ronald MacGregor, 2008; Ophthalmic Antiques International Collectors' Club 'Old English Patents for Spectacles...' selected by Alan Leach, 1998; Spectacles by Samuele Mazza, 1996.
Sold for $200
Lot 107
Comprising: Wholesale Illustrated Catalogue of Optical Goods by Henry Laurance, late 19th century; Spectacles and Other Vision Aids by J. William Rosenthal M.D., 1996; Illustrated History of Early Antique Spectacles by Hugh Orr, 1985; The Seeing Eye: Eyeglass to Spyglass, Frank Collection catalogue, 1993; Ophthalmic Antiques Extracts 1986-1996 edited by Ronald MacGregor; Restoring Ophthalmic Antiques by Ronald MacGregor, 2008; Ophthalmic Antiques International Collectors' Club 'Old English Patents for Spectacles...' selected by Alan Leach, 1998; Spectacles by Samuele Mazza, 1996.
Estimate $100 - $150
Optics of Time: A Private Collection of Antique Eyewear
AUCTION
Sale: IT131
10:00am - 22 July 2026
Timed Online Auction (Sydney)
VIEWING
Tues 21 July, 11am - 5pm
36-40 The Bond, Queen St, Woollahra NSW
CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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