European glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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This beautifully illustrated volume presents sixty-eight objects from one of the world's finest collections of post-classical glass--including such marvels as glass imitating rock-crystal and other semi-precious stones, glass formed into large and intricate shapes, and glass decorated withengraving, enameling, gilding, and carving. Each object is painstakingly described and a series of essays provide a wealth of background information.