Title: The alchemy of glass
Subtitle: counterfeit, imitation, and transmutation in ancient glassmaking
Description: "The present study illustrates how glass played an important role in ancient technical and alchemical literature, and how the chemical operations devised to improve glass making inspired by alchemists to better define the theoretical boundaries of their discipline and, more specifically, the concept of transmutation."--Book jacket.
Subjects: Historiography, Glass manufacture, Chemistry, Ancient Glassware, Glass blowing and working