Response to A reference on lens design

A more concise, (and cheaper!) version of the information you want is probably contained in the extensive appendix to Arthur Cox's "Photographic Optics", Focal Press. This shows elementary diagrams of several hundred different lenses, divided into type and application, and also gives some useful data, such as angle of view. The text also gives a potted history of lens development.
Unfortunately, I believe both Kingslake and Cox are now out of print, but Cox's work is reasonbly common secondhand and in public libraries.

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