Author : Arthur Stannard Vernay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656006151
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)
Book Synopsis Old English Glass (Classic Reprint) by : Arthur Stannard Vernay
Download or read book Old English Glass (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Stannard Vernay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old English Glass The introduction of glass-making into England is a highly interesting story. In the glass-makers of Murano became much dissatisfied owing to the fact that for two-and-a - half months each year they were forced to remain idle, and obliged to live as best they could - the majority of the workmen having found it impossible to save sufficient to tide them over their enforced period of idleness. Several of them, therefore, decided to emigrate to England and continue their work there, though an old Venetian law rendered them liable to imprisonment and even death should they be captured. Eight Venetians risked the penalty and arrived in London, where they soon obtained steady employment. They had not been settled long, however, when they learned that unless they returned immediately, they would be brought back by force and sent to the galleys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.