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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON GLASS
Agricola (Georg): De Re Metallica (last chapter of work). Basle, 1556.
Appert (L.) et Henrivaux: Verre et Verrerie. Paris, 1894.
Appert (L.): Notes sur les verres des Vitraux Anciens. Paris, 1896.
Bapst (A.): Chinesische Glasarbeiten; Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst, 1885.
Bate (Percy): English Table-Glass. No date. (1904?)
Biringuccio (V.): De la Pirotechnia. Venice, 1540.
Blancourt (Haudicquer de): L’Art de la Verrerie. Paris, 1697.
Bontemps (G.):—
Guide du Verrier. Paris, 1868.
Exposé des moyens employés pour la fabrication des Verres Filigranés. 1845.
Bordoni: L’Arte Vetraria in Altare. Savona, 1884.
Bosc d’Antic (P.): Mémoires sur l’Art de la Verrerie. Paris, 1780.
Boutellier (L’Abbé): Histoire des Gentilshommes Verriers de Nevers.
Brent (John): ‘On Chevron Beads.’ Archæologia, vol. xlv.
Brinckmann (Justus): Various Catalogues, etc., of the Hamburg Museum.
Bucher (B.): Die Glassammlung des K.K. Oesterreich. Museum. Vienna, 1888.
Bushell (S. W.):—
Oriental Ceramic Art. New York, 1899.
Chinese Art, vol. ii. (South Kensington Art Handbooks). 1906.
Busselin (D.): Les Célèbres Verreries de Venise. Venice, 1846.
Cecchetti:—
Delle Origini dell’ Arte Vetraria Muranese. R. Institute Veneto, 1872.
Monographie dell’ Arte Vetraria. Venice, 1874.
Czihak (E. von): Schlesische Gläser. Breslau, 1891.
Dalton (O. M.):—
Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities in the British Museum—Cemetery Glasses. 1901.
‘Gilded Glass of Catacombs.’ Archæological Journal, 1901.
Deville (A.): Histoire de l’Art de la Verrerie dans l’Antiquité. Paris, 1873.
Dobbs (H. C.): ‘Glass-blowers of North-west Provinces.’ Journal of Indian Art, vol. vii.
Eraclius: see Heraclius.
Fillon (B.): L’Art de Terre chez les Poitevins. Niort, 1864.
Fioravanti (L.): Dello Specchio di Scienza Universale, Bk. vii. cap. 29. Venice, 1567.
Fourcaud (L. de): Émile Gallé. Paris, 1903.
Fowler (J.): ‘On the Process of Decay in Glass.’ Archæologia, vol. xlvi.
Franks (Sir A. W.):—
Guide to Glass Room in British Museum, 1888.
Art Treasures of United Kingdom. Vitreous Art. 1858.
Friedrich (C.): Die Altdeutschen Gläser. Nürnberg, 1884.
Froehner (W.): La Verrerie Antique. Collection Charvet, 1879.
Garnier (E.):—
Histoire de la Verrerie et de l’Émaillerie. Tours, 1886.
Spitzer Catalogue, vol. iii. ‘La Verrerie.’
Garrucci (P. R.):—
Storia dell’ Arte Christiana, vol. iii. 1876.
Vetri ornati di Figure in Oro. 1858 and 1864.
Garzoni (T.): Piazza Universale di tutte le professioni del Mondo. Discorso lxiv. Venice, 1585.
Gerspach: L’Art de la Verrerie. Paris, 1885.
Griffith (F.): Egypt Exploration Fund. Tanis, Part ii. 1888.
Hallen (Rev. A.): ‘Glass-making in Sussex, etc.’ Scottish Antiquary, 1893.
Hartshorne (Albert): Old English Glasses. 1897.
Havard (H.): Les Arts de l’Ameublement. La Verrerie. Paris, 1894.
Heraclius or Eraclius: De Artibus et Coloribus Romanorum. Eitelberger von Edelberg: Quellenschriften für Kunstgeschichte, vol. iv.
Hirth (F.): Chinesische Studien; Zur Geschichte des Glases in China. Leipsic, 1890. And other papers.
D’Holbach (Baron)?: Art de la Verrerie, de Neri, Merret et Kunckel. Paris, 1752.
D’Hondt (P.): L’Art de la Verrerie. Liége, 1891.
Houdoy (J.): Verrerie à la façon de Venise. Paris, 1873.
Kunckel (J.): Ars Vitraria Experimentalis. 1679.
Labarte (J.):—
La Collection Debruge Duménil. Paris, 1847.
Histoire des Arts Industriels, vol. iv. Paris, 1866.
Lacroix (P.): Les Arts au Moyen Âge et à l’Époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1869.
Lane-Poole (S.):—
The Art of the Saracens in Egypt. London, 1886.
Arabic Glass Weights in British Museum. 1891.
Layard (Sir A. H.): Nineveh and its Remains. 1853.
Lazari (V.): Notizia delle Opere d’Arte della Raccolta Correr. Venice, 1859.
Lobmeyr (L.): Die Glas-industrie. Stuttgart, 1874.
Loysel (C.): Essai sur la Verrerie. Paris, 1800. (Written earlier.)
Mathesius: Sarepta oder Bergpostil (Sermon xv.). Nürnberg, 1562.
Merret (C.): The Art of Glass of Neri translated into English. London, 1662.
Milanesi (G.): Tre Trattatelli dell’ Arte del Vetro per Mosaici. (Fifteenth century MSS.) 1864.
Minutoli (H. de): Ueber der Anfertigung der farbigen Gläser bei den Römern. Berlin, 1836.
Molinier (E.): La Peinture sous Verre. Spitzer Catalogue, vol. iii.
Naples: Description of Museo Borbonico. Glass, vols. v., xi., and xv.
Neri (A.): L’Arte Vetraria. 1612.
Nesbitt (A.):—
Catalogue of Slade Collection of Glass. Privately printed, 1871.
Catalogue of Glass Vessels in South Kensington Museum, 1878.
Glass (South Kensington Art Handbooks), 1875.
‘Opus Sectile in Glass.’ Archæologia, vol. xlv.
Encyclopædia Britannica, article ‘Glass.’ 1879.
Owen (H.): Ceramic Art in Bristol (chapter on Bristol Glass). 1873.
Passini (A.): Il Tesoro di San Marco. Venice, 1886.
Peligot (M. E.): La Verre, Histoire et Fabrication. 1876.
Pellat (Apsley):—
Curiosities of Glass-making. London, 1849.
Memoir on the Origin, etc., of Glass-making. London, 1821.
Pelletier: Les Verriers du Lyonnais. 1887.
Petrie (Flinders):—
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Introduction to Catalogue of Egyptian Exhibition, 1895.
Tell-el-Amarna. Egypt Exploration Fund. 1894.
Pinchart (A.): Les Fabriques des Verres de Venise, d’Anvers et de Bruxelles au XVIe. et au XVIIe. siècles. Bulletins des Commissions Royales. Bruxelles, 1882.
Plinius Secundus (Caius): Historia Naturalis, Bk. xxxvi. caps. 44-47.
Porter (G. R.): ‘Glass and Porcelain.’ Lardner’s Cabinet Encyclopædia. London, 1832.
Powell (H. J.):—
Principles of Glass-making. London, 1883.
Encyclopædia Britannica, article ‘Glass.’ 1902.
Read (C. H.):—
‘Glass in South Saxon Graves.’ Archæologia, vol. lv.
‘On a Saracenic Goblet of Enamelled Glass.’ Archæologia, vol. lviii.
Riaño (J. F.): Industrial Arts in Spain, Part ii. (South Kensington Handbooks). 1879.
Santi (M.): Origini dell’ Arte Vetraria in Venezia e Murano.
Sauzay (A.):—
La Verrerie depuis les Temps les plus reculés. Paris, 1868.
Sauzay (A.):—
Marvels of Glass-making. (Translation of above.) London, 1870.
Schebek (E.): Böhmens Glasindustrie und Glashandel. Prague, 1878.
Schmoranz (G.): Old Oriental Gilt and Enamelled Vessels. German and English Editions. Vienna and London, 1899.
Schuermans (H.): The Wanderings of the Muranese and Altarist Glass-workers. Eleven Letters. Bulletins des Commissions Royales. Bruxelles, 1883-1891.
Spitzer Catalogue. See Garnier and Molinier.
Theophilus: Diversarum Artium Schedula. Eitelberger von Edelberg. Quellenschriften für Kunstgeschichte, vol. viii. Vienna, 1874.
Ure (A.): Dictionary of Arts, article ‘Glass.’ 1853.
Vopel (H.): Die Altchristlichen Goldgläser. Freiberg, 1899.
Zanetti (V.):—
Monographia della Vetraria Veneziana. Venice, 1873.
Museo Civico di Murano; Guida di Murano. Venice, 1866.
KEY TO THE PRECEDING LIST
Egyptian, etc. Griffith, Layard, Petrie.
Greco-Roman and Roman. Deville, Froehner, Fowler, Minutoli, Naples Museum, Nesbitt, Pliny.
Early Christian, Byzantine, Anglo-Saxon, etc. Brent, Dalton, Garrucci, Heraclius, Passini, Read, Theophilus, Vopel.
Saracenic and Perso-Indian. Lane-Poole, Dobbs, Read, Schmoranz.
Venetian (Murano and Altare). Biringuccio, Bontemps, Bordoni, Busselin, Cecchetti, Fioravanti, Garzoni, Houdoy, Labarte, Lazari, Neri, Pinchart, Santi, Schuermans, Zanetti.
French and Spanish. Boutellier, Fillon, Fourcaud, Gamier, Gerspach, Pelletier, Riaño.
German. Agricola, Brinckmann, Von Czihak, Friedrich, Kunckel, Lobmeyr, Mathesius, Schebek.
English. Bate, Hallen, Hartshorne, Merret, Owen, Pellat.
Chinese. Bapst, Bushell, Hirth.
Technical. Appert, Blancourt, Bontemps, Bosc d’Antic, D’Holbach, Kunckel, Lobmeyr, Loysel, Merret, Neri, Peligot, Pellat, Porter, Powell, Ure.
General and historical. Brinckmann, Franks, Garnier, Gerspach, Havard, Labarte, Lacroix, Nesbitt, Sauzay.
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