Reflecting Telescope Optics I: Basic Design Theory and its Historical Development (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) (Pt. 1)
From the reviews of the second edition:"Through its wealth of detail and mathematical rigour, this book can be seen as a modern classic … ." (Roderick Willstrop, The Observatory, Vol. 125 (1184), 2005)"This is a ‘serious’ book on reflecting telescope optics … . It is aimed at serious optical engineers who wish to design telescope optical systems from first principles and gain an understanding of the mathematical theory which applies. … There is an historical overview, followed by chapters on basic gaussian optical theory of telescopes, aberration theory of telescopes … . These are followed by a comprehensive set of references, list of figures, list of tables, name index and subject index." (Roger Feasey, Journal of the Auckland Astronomical Society AAS, February, 2005)