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194 - Technology - Crafts - Kunckel von Löwenstern, Johann. *Ars Vitraria Experimentalis*, or The Complete Art of Glassmaking ... Including a Second Main Part, divided into three separate books and comprising more than 200. experiments, covering the grinding, gilding, and firing of glass ... with an appendix on pearls and nearly all natural gemstones. 2 parts in 1 volume. With a copperplate title page and 20 copperplate plates. Frankfurt and Leipzig, published by the author. Leipzig, printed by Christoph Günthern, 1679. 8 leaves, 348 (err. 350) pp.; 4 leaves, 141 pp., 17 leaves. 20.5 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding.
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Technology - Crafts - Kunckel von Löwenstern, Johann. *Ars Vitraria Experimentalis*, or The Complete Art of Glassmaking ... Including a Second Main Part, divided into three separate books and comprising more than 200. experiments, covering the grinding, gilding, and firing of glass ... with an appendix on pearls and nearly all natural gemstones. 2 parts in 1 volume. With a copperplate title page and 20 copperplate plates. Frankfurt and Leipzig, published by the author. Leipzig, printed by Christoph Günthern, 1679. 8 leaves, 348 (err. 350) pp.; 4 leaves, 141 pp., 17 leaves. 20.5 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding. First edition. - Ferchl 288 - “…a work that summarizes the entire body of knowledge on the art of glassmaking since antiquity and influenced the technique of glassmaking well into the 19th century.” (NDB). - Somewhat browned in places; in Part 1 from p. 217 and through p. 80 in Part 2, the lower inner corner of the binding shows barely visible gnawing on the white margin, likely caused by a bookworm or similar. *
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