The incunabula of American optometry.
Only a very few American opticians (optometrists) wrote textbooks or manuals before the end of the 19th century. The important hand-book by William Bohne has already been excellently covered by David Goss but three others appear to have been largely unnoticed. These are manuals by Walter Alden, August Morck and J W Queen & Co.: pioneer works that can be regarded as the incunabula or cradle of printing of optometric publishing in the United States.
Kett Museum and Archive, Australian College of Optometry, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. aitkenmr@melbpc.org.au
Michael J
MJ
Aitken
D049672:History, 19th Century; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D009907:Optometry / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States