It's good but limited coverage on different types of scopes. It basically in the later sections does an optical trace of the "top" three in each design group.
The section on eyepieces is again good, but it just covers the more popular types/ designs.
I still like "Telescope Optics - Evaulation and design" by Rutten and van Venrooij. For a telescope maker/ designer it's better.
There are some very good optical webpages which will give you uptodate info....
http://www.telescope-optics.net/inde...LE_OF_CONTENTS
(This is definately one of the best!)