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History of Glass - from Baroque to the Lights, by J. Bellanger, Ed. Ch. Massin, 8 inches x 11 inches ( 21 cm x 28 cm ), hardcover book with 212 full color pages

This is a hardcover book with 212 full color pages that contains great color pictures and illustrations.
This book presents the history of Glass in Europe from the baroque to the lights,
since the 17th century to the end of the 18th century, in England, in Belgium, in Bohemia,
in Venice - Italy, in Spain and Portugal and of course in France.

Contents:

• The revolutions of glass
• The sun rises in Versailles
• Brief history of the crystal
• France at the second half of the 17th century
• The importance of England in the 18th century
• The role of the United Provinces
• The place of Flanders
• The Central and Eastern Europe, the Bohemian glass
• Venice, The Rise and fall
• The Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal
• France in the 18th century

The French texts are written by Jacqueline Bellanger.