Search Results: curiosities of glass making with details by pellatt apsley 1791 1863

London: David Bogue, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. viii, 146 p., 6 leaves of colored plates, illus.; 21.5 cm. "Apsley Pellatt IV (1791-1863) of the Falcon Glassworks, Blackfriars, London, was one of the chief innovators of the mid-19th century British glass industry. He learned about the historical techniques of glass-making by travelling about Europe viewing continental methods at first hand, and by rigorous experimentation. His Curiosities of Glass Making (1849) became an invaluable manual for his glass-making contemporaries." With the bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur, O.B., 1834-1908, noted for engineering hydaulic power in naval gunnery. Bound in 3/4 green leather, some foxing to verso of plates; very good. Stock#OB826.