A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits 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 water. 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 spirits 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 water. 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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London: printed for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden Lion in Duck-Lane near Smith-field, 1668.
- Publication year
- 1668-1668
- ESTC No.
- R38596
- Grub Street ID
- 120671
- Description
- [16], 190, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 8⁰
- Note
- J.W. a lover of artificial conclusions = John White, who signs the introductory epistle.
First leaf bears "The Authour to his book".
With an additional title page ([A]2v), engraved, with title "A rich cabinet with variety of inventions in several arts and siences [sic]" and signed: T. Cross fecit.
With a final advertisement leaf.