NERI, [Antonio], MERRET, [Christopher] and KUNCKEL. Art of Glassmaking, to which was added: ORSCHALL's Sol Sine Veste; Helioscopium videndi sine veste solem chymicum; Le Sol Non Sine Veste; Chapter XI of HENCKEL's Flora Saturizans Sur la Vitrification des Végétaux; Un Mémoire sur la manière de faire le Saffre; Le Secret des vraies Porcelaines de la Chine & de Saxe; Works where one will find the way to make Glass & Crystal, to bring Colors to it, to imitate Precious Stones, to prepare and color Enamels, to make Potash, to paint on Glass, to prepare Varnishes, to compose Covers for Fayances & Pottery, to extract the Purple Color from Gold, to counterfeit Rubies, to make Saffre, to make & paint Porcelains, &c. Translated from the German by M. D***.Paris: Durand, Pissot, 1752. First French edition, in-4; liii (Title, Prefaces), 629p., [3p. errors to be corrected, Approval, Privilege]; 16 beautiful folding plates, figures in the text. Bound in contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title in red morocco. A very good copy with large margins.