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NERI, ANTONIO; MERRET, CHRISTOPHER; KUNCKEL, JOHANN; et al. Art de la Verrerie. Engraved frontispiece and 15 folding plates. [4], lv, [1], 629, [3] pages, including engraved additional title (trimmed and mounted on back of frontispiece) and privilege leaf at end. 4to, 248x189 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, front joint and top of spine restored, cover corners worn; toning and occasional dampstains in upper margins, scattered rust spots. Contemporary ownership inscription of Théodore Baron, Docteur-Régent de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris (1715-63) on front endleaf, later pencil bibliographical notes on facing endpaper. Paris: (J. Chardon for) Durand & Pissot, 1752
first edition in french. "The most important collection of early works on glassmaking and allied industries to appear in the eighteenth century, translated and edited by Baron d'Holbach . . . This classic work summarizes all the knowledge then available on the chemistry and technology of glassmaking and is valuable for the notes and additions by d'Holbach"--Neville II, 220.
