9780593043486 - the arcanum von gleeson, janet (17 Ergebnisse)
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Arcanum This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee…if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1998
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Imprisoned in a fairy-tale castle and under constant threat of execution by his ruthless captor an 18th century apothecary struggled to realize the alchemist's dream. His name was Johann Frederick Bottger. But instead of transforming base metal into gold he was to discover the formula for something… even more exotic and elusive, a substance so precious it was known as 'white gold'. And it was a formula for which others were prepared to lie, cheat, steal and even kill to possess. This was the remarkable backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history; a tale of genius and greed, of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which man is capable - it is the true story of the invention of European porcelain. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and some fading.
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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780593043486.
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 272 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; Maps on end papers. Bibliography: p 263-166. Subjects; Böttger, Johann Frederick. Porcelain. 18t…h century. Europe. History. Design and construction. 1 Kg.
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Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ. 283 pages.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1998 EDITION with dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.
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Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. The Arcanum is the story of one of the most extraordinary episodes in European cultural and scientific history, a story of human genius and greed. of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which mankind is capable. Even at th…e dawn of the Age of Reason, some of the finest minds in Europe were still pursuing the alchemist's dream of discovering the arcanum, the secret formula for turning base metals into gold. The quest attracted brilliant intellects and cynical charlatans; it also attracted princes and potentates, drawn by the promise of unlimited wealth. Byt the early eighteenth century the quest for that arcanum was beginning to give way to another: the secret of porcelain, the mysterious ceramic that the Chinese had been making for almost one thousand years, so precious that fortunes were squandered on it. To own a porcelain collection was to display wealth and earn prestige. To own the secret of its manufacture would mean sommanding wealth and prestige to an unimaginable degree. Enter King Augustus of Saxony, libertine and spendthrigt. Enter also Johann Friedrich Bottger, soi-disant alchemist. Having given a demonstration of gold-making as a young man, he became set upon a course that was to prove disastrous for him but earn him a place in history. He spent the remainder of his days as a virtual prisoner, condemned by his own promise that he could make gold.or porcelain. How he succeeded, at the cost of his own life, and how he and two other remarkable men created the magic of Meissen is the story of The Acranum. 273 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Janet Gleeson tells the story of the man who discovered the secret of producing porcelain, a material that once was worth more than its own weight in gold. The formula for making it was termed the Arcanum.Imprisoned in a fairy-tale castle and under constant threat of execution by his ruthless captor, an… 18th century apothecary struggled to realize the alchemist's dream. His name was Johann Frederick Bottger. But instead of transforming base metal into gold he was to discover the formula for something even more exotic and elusive, a substance so precious it was known as 'white gold'. And it was a formula for which others were prepared to lie, cheat, steal and even kill to possess. This was the remarkable backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history; a tale of genius and greed, of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which man is capable - it is the true story of the invention of European porcelain. Copyright © Bantam Press.
