A rich cabinet with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious sirpits [sic] at their vacant hours. Being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works, both for land, air, and vvater. And fire works of service, for sea and shore. Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial conclusions.

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• A rich cabinet with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious sirpits [sic] at their vacant hours. Being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works, both for land, air, and vvater. And fire works of service, for sea and shore. Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial conclusions.
• Rich cabinet with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours Added engraved title page: Rich cabinet with variety of inventions in several arts and siences

People / Organizations

• VVilliam Gilbertson ("printed for")
• John White (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for VVilliam Gilbertson at the sign of the Bible without New-gate in Giltspur-street, 1658.

Publication year

1658-1658

ESTC No.

R200690

Grub Street ID

78184

Description

[16], 191, [1] p. : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

The epistle is signed: John White.

A1v contains "The authour to his book" (in verse); A1r is blank.

With four preliminary index leaves.

Uncontrolled note

Title page is A3