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77 - HAUDICQUER DE BLANCOURT (Jean).
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HAUDICQUER DE BLANCOURT (Jean). ON THE ART OF GLASSMAKING. In which one learns how to make glass, crystal and enamel. The method for making beads, precious stones, porcelain and mirrors. The Method of Painting on Glass and Enamel. On Extracting Colours from Metals, Minerals, Herbs and Flowers. A work filled with numerous secrets and curiosities, hitherto unknown. Paris, Jean Jombert, 1697. 12mo, marbled brown calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt panels and fleurons, garnet morocco title label, speckled edges (contemporary binding); (8) ff., 602 pp., (3) ff., 8 plates. Binding worn and peeling, cap ends missing, a small tear beginning at the upper joint but stitching sound, edges and corners worn with losses, a few foxing spots and small stains. An old handwritten bookplate ‘E. Febvriez’ in the margin of the title page. FIRST EDITION of this rare work, dedicated to the Marquis de Villacerf, of this IMPORTANT FRENCH TREATISE ON GLASSMAKING TECHNIQUES, largely inspired by Antonio Neri’s *Arte vetraria*, published in 1612. Divided into twelve books, the work deals with the manufacture and colouring of glass, crystal and enamels, the imitation of pearls and precious stones, porcelain and mirrors. It also includes numerous recipes and processes relating to chemistry and alchemy. A complete copy with all 8 copper-engraved plates (excluding title page), including 2 fold-out plates, depicting furnaces, tools and the work of glassmakers. A GOOD COPY, with a worn period binding but the book block in GOOD CONDITION. ¶ Ferguson, ‘Bibliotheca chemica’, I, p. 367 – Duveen, ‘Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica’, p. 281 – Not listed in Caillet or Dorbon.
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