L'art De La Verrerie
De Blancourt, Haudiquer
| Publication Date | 1718 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Claude Jombert |
| SKU | 27386 |
| Notes | Rebacked some time ago as the spine is a little faded. Raised bands to the spine. Relatively new endpapers. Title page is rather dusty. The rest of the text is clean. Text block is tight if a little unevenly held. |
Description
Hardback. Volume 2 only and it lacks the two required plates. Text in French. Originally published in 1697. On the art of glass making with an additional Treatise on Precious Stones. This volume deals with the chemistry and required skills for making glass, imitation gem stones and pearls, coloured enamels etc. Re-backed in a full leather binding lettered in gilt to the spine. “Où l'on apprend à faire le Verre, le Cristal, & l'Email. La maniere de faire les Perles, les Pierres pré-cieuses, la Porcelaine, & les Miroirs. La Méthode de peindre sur le Verre & en Email. De tirer les couleurs des Métaux, Mineraux, Herbes & Fleurs. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'un Traité des Pierres Precieuses.”
