[Rarebooks] fs: 1774 Stained Glass Treatise

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Vieil, Pierre le. L'ART DE LA PEINTURE SUR VERRE ET DA LA VITRERIE.
Paris; L.F. Delatour: 1774.

A marvelously sweeping, folio-sized survey of the art of staining glass, 
written by the man who restored the stained glass windows in Notre-Dame. Le 
Viele (1708-1772) wrote several other works, including one on ancient 
mosaics, and one on the manufacture of pottery and porcelain. This text is 
prefaced by a short biography of Le Vieil, and an appreciation of his work 
by Grandjean de Fouchy, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Science. Duncan 
14145. Hardcover. 11.5"x17.5", xiv + 245 pages, plus 13 engraved plates; 
bound in new marbled boards with a cloth spine; light wear, a little soil, 
but a nice copy. [07386] $1,450.00

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