[Rarebooks] FS: 1774 Stained Glass Study

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Vieil, Pierre le.  L'ART DE LA PEINTURE SUR VERRE ET DE 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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