Glass by Giovanni Mariacher

Glass

from Antiquity to the Renaissance

by Giovanni Mariacher

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1970, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, tape residue to front and back end-papers, dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, minor markings (see photographs)

"The origins of glass are shrouded in mystery, but according to tradition it was accidentally discovered by a group of shipwrecked Phoenician sailors when lighting a fire on a sandy beach
Meanwhile in Western Europe the art of glass making was established and spread under the benevolent eye of the Romans.  Giovanni Mariacher traces the influence of these two traditions illustrating his text with marvellous examples of Byzantine, Islamic and Medieval glass.
Then in the last part of the book he describes Venetian glass of the Renaissance: exquisite, unmistakable, unsurpassed."