Polygraphice: or the arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, guilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming. In four books. Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries, and figures of various forms; the way of engraving, etching, and limning, with all their requisites and ornaments; the depicting of the most eminent pieces of antiquities; the paintings of the ancients; washing of maps, globes, or pictures; the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones, and metals; the varnishing, colouring and guilding thereof, according to any purpose or intent; the painting, colouring, and beautifying of the face, skin, and hair; the whole doctrine of perfumes, together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting: the like never published till now. To which is added, A discourse of perspective and chiromancy. The fourth edition, with many new and large additions, adorned with twenty sculptures; the
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London: printed for Charles Passinger, at the sign of the Seven Stars on London-Bridge, 1680.
- Publication year
- 1680-1680
- ESTC No.
- R188741
- Grub Street ID
- 76587
- Description
- [12], 407, [17] p. ; 8
- Note
- The word 'philal?th?s', in title, is made with Greek characters.
With an engraved frontispiece of the author (pi1) and an additional engraved title page (pi2), both signed: W Sherwin ...
Signatures: pi? A-2D?.Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S447aA