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Book Number   000258070
ISBN   Link9780881353501 (alk. paper)
  Link0881353507 (alk. paper)
Main Entry   LinkBeretta, Marco, 1962-
Title   LinkThe alchemy of glass :. counterfeit, imitation, and transmutation in ancient glassmaking / Marco Beretta.
Imprint   LinkSagamore Beach, MA : Science History Publications, 2009.
Descr.   xvii, 198 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Bibliogr.   Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject - Lib.Cong.   LinkGlassware, Ancient
  LinkGlass blowing and working -- Historiography
  LinkGlass manufacture -- Historiography
  LinkGlass manufacture -- Chemistry
 
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