Conciatore: The Life and Times of 17th Century Glassmaker Antonio Neri

A biography of seventeenth century Florentine alchemist, priest, and glassmaker Antonio Neri. The book details the life and times of the author of the first and most famous book on making glass. Antonio Neri plied his craft in late Renaissance Florence, Pisa, and Antwerp. He was both a contemporary of Galileo, and a devotee of Paracelsus. Sponsored by a Medici prince, he is best known for writing L’Arte Vetraria.