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A Private Belgian Collection
Lot 46

An extensive reference library relating to British and European glass

27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An extensive reference library relating to British and European glass

Comprising approximately 80 volumes predominantly relating to early Belgian, Dutch, French, Venetian and façon de Venise glass (qty)

Footnotes

Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium

Comprising:

Ashmolean Museum, l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre Glass Exhibition (1979);
Ilse Baer, Glas und Steinzeug (1979);
Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Glass Throughout Time (2003);
David Battie and Simon Cottle, Sotheby's Concise Encyclopaedia of Glass (1991);
Sabine Baumgärtner, Edles altes Glas: Die Sammlung Heinrich Heine (1977);
Sabine Baumgärtner, Gläser: Antike, Mittelalter, Neuere Zeit (1977);
Jacqueline Bellanger, Histoire du Verre: L'aube des Temps Modernes 1453-1672 (2006);
Anne-Marie Berryer, La Verrerie Ancienne aux Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (1957);
John A Brooks, Glass (1975);
Bulletin des Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (March-April 1937);
Christie's Amsterdam, The Guépin Collection of 17th and 18th Century Dutch Glass (5 July 1989);
Derek Davis and Keith Middlemas, Coloured Glass (1968);
Olga Drahotová, L'art du verre en Europe (1986);
Kristen Duysters, Facetten van Glas (2002);
Luc Engen, Het Glas in Belgie van de Oorsprong tot Heden (1989);
Luc Engen, Musea voor Archeologie en Sierkunsten: Curtiusmuseum, Glaswerkmuseum, d'Ansembourgmuseum, Luik (1987);
G-M Faider-Feytmans, Musee de Mariemont: Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954);
D Foy and G Sennequier (eds), À Travers le Verre: Du Moyen Age à la Renaissance (1989);
H E van Gelder, Glas en Ceramiek (1955);
H E van Gelder and Beatrice Jansen, Glas in Nederlandse Musea (1969);
Jeannine Geyssant, Peintures sous Verre (2008);
E Barrington Haynes, Glass Through the Ages (1959);
Glasgalerie Michael Kovacek, Glass of 5 Centuries (1990);
Glasgalerie Michael Kovacek, Spiegelgasse: Glas 2016/17 (2016);
Gisele Haase, Sächsisches Glas (1988);
Catherine Hess and Timothy Husband, European Glass in the J Paul Getty Museum (1997);
Clasina Isings, Anteik Glas (1966);
Béatrice Jansen, Catalogus van Noord- en Zuidnederlands Glas (1962);
Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd, History of Glass (1984);
Brigitte Klesse and Hans Mayr, European Glass from 1500-1800 (1987);
Brigitte Klesse and Hans Mayr, Veredelte Glaeser aus Renaissance und Barock (1987);
Brigitte Klesse and Gisela Reineking-von Bock, Glas (1973);
Sophie Lagabrielle (ed), Le Verre: Un Moyen Âge Inventif (2017);
Dwight P Lanmon and David Whitehouse, Glass in the Robert Lehman Collection (1993);
Peter Lazarus, Cinzano Glass Collection (1978);
Sylvie Lhermite-King, Cent Verres Français 1550-1750 (2008);
J R Liefkes, Museum Mr Simon van Gijn: Catalogus van de Glasverzameling (1987)
Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000);
Ward Lloyd, Investing in Georgian Glass (1969);
Mallett & Son, Glass (1997);
Giovanni Mariacher, Le Verre: Art italien (1959);
Jo Marshall, Glass Source Book (1990);
Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004);
D C Mees, Kunstnijverheid en Tegels 1600-1800 (1997);
Giovanni Mariacher and Marina Causa, Kostbarkeiten der Glaskunst (1974);
Luca Melegati, Glas (1997);
Christel Mosel, Glas Mittelalter – Biedermeier (1979);
Susanne Netzer, Die Glassammlung - Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (1986);
Harold Newman, An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass (1977);
Barbara Norman, Engraving and Decorating Glass (1972);
Jutta-Annette Page (ed), Beyond Venice (2004);
Marianne Pelliot, Verres Anciens (1929);
Joseph Philippe, Glass: History and Art (1982);
Phoebe Phillips, The Encyclopedia of glass (1987);
Jet Pijzel-Dommisse and Titus Eliëns, Glinsterend Glas (2009);
Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof, Glas van Drinkbeker tot Kunstobject Tentoonstelling (1990);
I de Raedt, Composition of 16–17th Century Facon-de-Venise Glass excavated in Antwerp and Neighbouring Cities, PhD thesis, University of Antwerp (2001);
L G G Ramsay, The Connoisseur Year Book 1955;
L G G Ramsay, The Connoisseur Year Book 1957;
Christian Renard, Musée du Verre (1999);
R A Robertson, Chats on Old Glass (1954);
Rainer Rückert, Die Glassammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Volumes 1 and 2 (1982);
Frieder Ryser and Brigitte Salmen, Amalierte Stuck uff Glas (1995);
Axel von Saldern, Glas von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil (1981);
Brigitte van der Sande, Het Drinkglas (1997);
Goerge Savage, Glass (1972);
Elka Schrijver, Glas en Kristal (1980);
Sotheby's, The Dettmers Collection of European Glass (23 November 1999);
Sotheby's, The Joseph R Ritman Collection of 16th and 17th Century Dutch Glass (14 November 1995);
Hugh Tait, 5000 Years of Glass (2012);
Hugh Tait, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass (1979);
Trois Millenaires d'Art Verrier á Travers les Collections Publiques et Privees de Belgique (1958);
Johan Veeckman, Brabom 3: Berichten en Rapporten over het Antwerps Bodemonderzoek en Monumentenzorg (1999);
Johan Veeckman (ed), Majolica and Glass from Italy to Antwerp and Beyond (2002)
Ruth Hurst Vose, Glass (1975);
Hubert Vreeken, Glas in Het Amsterdams Historisch Museum (1998);
Gustav Weiss, Antiek Glas (1968);
Gustav Weiss, Antiek Glas (1980);
David Whitehouse and William Gudenrath, Reflecting antiquity (2007);
Daisy Wilmer, Early English Glass (1911);
Sarah Yates, Miller's Collecting Glass (2000)

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