Florence. On a clear night in October 1663, two men walk through salons crowded with guests at the Medici palace, home to the most powerful family in Florentine Italy. The event isn't a party, and though the two men aren't princes or noblemen, they're the center of attention. Both are extraordinary opticians. And while the older man is very tense, the younger man swaggers around full of confidence.
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