77 - 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 Colors from Metals, Minerals, Herbs, and Flowers. A Work Filled with Numerous Secrets and Curiosities, Unknown Until Now. Paris, Jean Jombert, 1697. 12mo, marbled brown calfskin, 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 caps missing, slight tear at the top joint but sturdy stitching, edges and corners worn with losses, some foxing and small stains. Old handwritten bookplate “E. Febvriez” in the margin of the title page. FIRST EDITION of this rare work, dedicated to the Marquis de Villacerf, an IMPORTANT FRENCH TREATISE ON GLASSMAKING TECHNIQUES, largely inspired by Antonio Neri’s *Arte vetraria*, published in 1612. Divided into twelve books, the work covers the manufacture and coloring of glass, crystal, and enamels, as well as the imitation of pearls and precious stones, porcelain, and mirrors. It also includes numerous recipes and processes related to chemistry and alchemy. A complete copy with all 8 out-of-text copperplate engravings, 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.