Glass of the alchemists : lead crystal-gold ruby, 1650-1750 / Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, with contributions by Colin Brain, [and others].

Corning, N.Y. : Corning Museum of Glass, [2008], ©2008.

356 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm

Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title held June 27, 2008-January 4, 2009 at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-337) and index.

Foreword / David Whitehouse -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk -- Alchemy as the imitator of nature / Pamela H. Smith -- What alchemists knew : early modern chymistry / William R. Newman -- Depicting alchemy : illustrations from Antonio Neri's 1599 manuscript / Paul Engle -- Itineraries of glass innovation : Johann Rudolf Glauber and his followers / Werner Loibl -- Late 17th-century changes in Bohemian glassmaking / Olga Drahotová -- Johann Joachim Becher and the beginnings of Baroque glassmaking in central Europe / Martin Mádl -- Vitrum saturni : lead glass in Britain / Colin Brain -- Gold ruby glass / Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk -- Catalog / Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk -- The "alchemy" of glass today.