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1679 GLASS MAKING 1^ed Kunckel Famous Ars Vitraria Chemistry Alchemy Experiments

Johann Kunckel was a 17^th-century German chemist and alchemist known for his apothecary dispensaries chemical experiments. While living and working in Brandenburg, Kunckel worked in a glass making laboratory which led him to the discovery of dying glass through uses of phosphorus, gold salts, and tin chloride. His studies in glass making prompted a treatise on the subject, a treatise which proved to be one of the best 17^th-century works on glass making! “Ars Vitraria Experimentalis” includes countless recipes on making different types of glass with commentary on glazes, glass inventions, and glass furnaces.

Item number: #23643

Price: $1950

KUNCKEL, Johannes

Johannis Kunckelii, Churfürstl. Brandenb. würcklich bestallt-geheimden Cammer-Dieners Ars Vitraria Experimentalis, Oder Vollkommene Glasmacher-Kunst, Lehrende, als in einem, aus unbetrüglicher Erfahrung herfliessendem Commentario

Amsterdam und Danzig: des Autoris, by Betkio un Consorten, 1679. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1 tome
  • Part I – [16], 350 (i.e., 348)
  • Part II – [8], 141, [35]
  • 20 full-page copper engravings, plus engraved frontispiece and title page, 4 in-text engravings
• Language: German
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 6.75in (21.5cm x 17cm)
• Very rare and desirable!

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