1 Strong Vol.in4: "art Of Glassmaking" Illustrated: By Neri, Merret And Kunckel. In Paris, 1752

A rare book of science and technology applied to glass from the reign of Louis XV: "Art of Glassmaking", by Neri, Merret and Kunckel, to which has been added Orschall's Sol Sine Veste; Helioscopium videndi fine vest solem Chymicum; Sol Non Sine Veste: Chapter XI, Henckel's Flora Saturnizans, On the Vitrification of Plants; A Memoir on the Method of Making Saffre; The Secret of True Porcelains from China and Saxony, works where one will find how to make Glass and Crystal, how to add Colors, how to imitate Precious Stones, how to prepare and color Enamels, how to make Potash, how to Paint on Glass, how to prepare Varnishes, how to compose Covers for Faience and Pottery, how to extract the Purple Color from Gold, how to counterfeit Rubies, how to make Saffron, how to make and paint Porcelains, etc. Translated from German, by M. D***** In Paris at Durand, rue Saint-Jacques, at the Griffon, & Pissot, Quai des Augustins, at the Sagesse. M. DCC. LII. (1752). This important book on the subject, where we learn the secrets of manufacturing, is one of the very first works on the subject at the time of the Encyclopedists. A rarity, complete with its folding plates.