The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story Of The Invention Of European Porcelain by Janet Gleeson

The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story Of The Invention Of European Porcelain

Janet Gleeson

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nonfiction art history informative slow-paced

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At the dawn of the Age of Reason, some of the finest minds in eighteenth-century Europe were pursuing the alchemist’s dream: to discover the secret formula for transforming base metal into gold. Geniuses and charlatans, noblemen and fools, even mo...

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