Antique Bohemian Engraved Glass- History Types Development / Scarce Book

Description

BOHEMIAN ENGRAVED GLASS
by Zuzana Pesatova, Paul Hamlyn, 1968 First Edition.
Containing more than 130 black-and-white photo plates, this early out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of antique Bohemian engraved glass.  The early Bohemian glass makers were in fierce competition with the glass makers of Venice and eventually displaced them throughout Europe.  The international reputation of Bohemian glass has been confirmed over and over since then.
The black-and-white photography in this book is brilliant and the examples of engraved Bohemian glass depicted are stunning. Each picture is accompanied by an in-depth caption.  The narrative in this scholarly text reviews the history of Bohemian glass from the end of the sixteenth century, through the foundation of the Czechoslovakian Republic in 1918, through the Second World War, up to the mid 1960s. If you are a collector, dealer, or historian of European glass, you will enjoy adding this invaluable book to your permanent reference library.
9.5” x 10.8” hardback with dust cover in good condition (dust cover shows edge ware / repaired tears).  61 pages plus 130 black-and-white photo plates.
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