5000 years of glass
2012
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This text traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Western Asia some 5000 years ago, through the invention of glassblowing around the first century BC, to the introduction of mechanised processes and new styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. It highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Main title:
5000 years of glass / edited by Hugh Tait.
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Edition:
[New] edition.
Imprint:
London : The British Museum Press, 2012.
Collation:
280 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 28 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as Five thousand years of glass. 1991.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780714150956 (pbk)
Dewey class:
748.209
Language:
English
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BRN:
1272486
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