An extensive and varied archive of printed works and posters relating to early glass, 18th century and later

Comprising:
'Glass', hand-coloured engraving by A Bell, Plate CCXX from 'Encyclopaedia Britannica', Volume 7, published in 1797, mounted but unframed, 22 x 16.5cm;
'Verrerie en bois, Suite des dernieres Opérations pour la façon d'un Verre' and 'Verrerie en bois, l'Opération de retirer les Feraces et les transporter au Magasin', two engraving by Benard Direxit, Plates 20 and 22 from 'Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques: avec leur explication', mounted but unframed, 22.5 x 33.5cm and 22.5 x 16cm;
'Facing Glass', engraving, Plate XXXVIII from 'The new Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences', circa 1778, mounted but unframed, 28 x 17.5cm;
'Interior View of Aston Flint Glass Works Belonging to B & W Gibbins, Birmingham,' engraving, circa 1800, unmounted, 31 x 35.5cm;
'Glass Blower', engraving from 'The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts', published by Tabart & Co in 1805, mounted but unframed, 9.5 x 6cm;
Two copies of 'Messrs Pellatt & Green, St Paul's Church Yard', hand-coloured engravings, Plate 22 from 'No.5 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts & c', published May 1809, both mounted but unframed, 11.5 x 19.5cm;
Three hand-coloured etchings from 'The Tours of Doctor Syntax', drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and published in 1820 by Rudolph Ackermann including two copies of 'Doctor Syntax in the Glass House', both mounted but unframed, 11.5 x 20cm, and 'Doctor Syntax at an Auction', mounted but unframed, 11.5 x 19cm;
Six loose pages relating to glass from 'The industrial arts of the nineteenth century. A series of illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every nation, at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry, 1851', including Plates XVIII, CX and XXIII;
'The Glass Blower', a hand-coloured engraving by John Miller from 'The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts' published by Richard griffin in 1858, mounted but unframed, 8 x 11cm;
Eight chromolithographed plates from 'Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862', published in 1863 by Day & Son, primarily relating to glass, including Plate 68, 'Engraved & Coloured Glass by Messrs W P & G Phillips, London', mounted, framed and glazed, 28 x 20.5cm; Plate 87, 'Group of Engraved & Coloured Glass by Messrs Pellatt & Co, London', mounted but unframed, 20.5 x 28cm; Plate 107, 'Service in Cut Glass by Mr Alderman Copeland, London', unmounted, 21.5 x 28.5cm; Plate 116, 'Table Glass by Messrs J Powell & Sons, London', mounted but unframed, 20 x 28.5cm; Plate 142, 'Engraved Glass by Messrs Naylor & Co A by Mr J Green, London', mounted, glazed and framed, 29 x 20.5cm; Plate 151, 'Table Glass. 1 2 3 by Messrs J Defries & Sons, London, 4 by Messrs Spiers & Son, Oxford, 5 6 by Messrs Lloyd & Summerfield, Birmingham', mounted, glazed and framed, 20.5 x 28.5cm; Plate 160, 'The Glass Case by Messrs F & C Osler, Birmingham & London', framed and glazed, 31 x 19cm; Plate 300, 'The Majolica Fountain by Messrs Minton & Co, Stoke-upon Trent', 30 x 22cm; unmounted, together with the Title Page and frontispiece for Volume II, both unmounted;
Patrick M Reynolds, 'Flashbacks: The First Labor Strike in America', comic strip from The Washington Post, mounted, framed and glazed, 15 x 33cm;
Together with a small number of further 19th century loose leaves and engravings from books relating to glass and a collection of posters for glass exhibitions, glass and lighting, including 'The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761-1778', Laing Art Gallery, 6 September – 31 October 1980, 59 x 42cm; two copies of 'Davidson's Cloud Glass', Laing Art Gallery, 10 December 1983 – 22 January 1984, 60 x 42cm; four Copies of 'Saint Louis Glass 1830-1930', Broadfield House Glass Museum, 28 February – 26 April 1987, 59 x 42cm; 'An American Splendour', Broadfield House Glass Museum, 27 August – 30 October 1994, 59 x 42cm; two copies of 'James Tassie 1735-1799 Modeller in Glass', Mallett, circa 1995, one glazed and framed, 54 x 41.5cm, the other unmounted, 61.5 x 45cm; 'Val St Lambert Exclusieve Collectie 1995-1996', 60 x 40cm; 'Whitefriars Glass', City Art Galleries, Manchester, 27 January – 30 June 1996, 59 x 42cm; two copies of 'From Palace to Parlour', The Wallace Collection, 21 August – 26 October 2003, 38 x 25.5cm, 'Glasmuseum Rheinback', 59.5 x 42cm; 'Beylerbeyi Palace', 56.5 x 41.5cm; and six further posters relating generally to glass and chandeliers (Qty)