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The alchemy of glass : counterfeit, imitation, and transmutation in ancient glassmaking / Marco Beretta.
Penn Museum Library TP850 .B47 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beretta, Marco.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Glassware, Ancient.
- Glass blowing and working--Historiography.
- Glass blowing and working.
- Glass manufacture--Historiography.
- Glass manufacture.
- Glass manufacture--Chemistry.
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sagamore Beach, MA : Science History Publications/USA, 2009.
- Contents:
- Artificial and natural glass in Mesopotamia and Egypt
- The Greek philosophers : between crystal and glass
- A technical revolution : the introduction and cultural impact of glassblowing
- Glass and alchemy
- From Byzantine glass to early modern alchemy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780881353501
- 0881353507
- OCLC:
- 436387149
- Publisher Number:
- 99936421915
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