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Antique Glass Bottles: Their History and Evolution 1500-1850
2001162782<p>Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club 2001. Book. Illus. by Fred Weegenaar photographer. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tips of the boards lightly bumped. The slightly edge worn dust jacket is a little discoloured as are the page edges. Accompanying Price Guide laid in. Includes examples from Great Britain Italy Germany Belgium The Netherlands France Spain Portugal Scandinavia Austria Switzerland and America Antique Collectors' Club is privileged to present a book written for all antique glass bottle collectors and enthusiasts. This major work is the first of its kind. It comprehensively charts the history and evolution of antique glass utility bottles between 1500 and 1850. Written by a leading collector and authority on the subject who once worked in the bottle-making industry this unmatched book is destined to become the indispensable reference work on this subject. An incredible visual history of the evolution of the glass bottle over a period of 350 years is presented here. The thorough text is accompanied by 368 remarkable original colour photographs of 773 bottles and seals. The author's achievement is staggering. He has succeeded in producing an accurate study of each and every main region of Europe that has produced glass utility bottles. The inter-relationships and influences are observed and a comparative guide covering almost all of the bottle-producing world has been created. In addition to this the book boasts the most comprehensive bibliography on glass bottles ever produced listing 1150 titles. Almost all of the bottles illustrated in this volume have been carefully chosen from a variety of private collections. This trulymagnificent book demonstrates that collecting antique glass bottles is one of the most rewarding of all hobbies. This outstanding work will appeal to archaeologists researchers historians writers museums libraries bottle-makers dealers and all others who have an interest whether involved or remote in collecting antiques.</p> Antique Collectors' Club hardcover
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