Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming
in seven books : exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countreys 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 antients ... : never published till now, together with the original, advancement and perfection of the art of painting, and a discourse of perspective, chiromancy and alchymy,: to which is added, I, the one hundred and twelve chymical arcanums of Petrus Johannes Faber, a most learned and eminent physician, translated out of Latin into English, II, an abstract of choice chymical preparations, fitted for vulgar use, for curing most diseases incident to humane bodies
The fifth edition, enlarged with above a thousand considerable additions, adorned with XXV. copper sculptures, the like never yet extant.
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Author
Contributions
- Fabre, Pierre-Jean, d. ca. 1650. - Contributor
Publication
1685 - Printed for Thomas Passinger ... and Thomas Sawbridge ..., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
191,750 words, Guess
Page Count
767 pages
Physical Format
Microform
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16721153M
- OCLC Control Number13623039
- OCLC Control Number234416622
Alternate Titles
- Polygraphice
- Arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Early works to 1800
Series Statement
- Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 801:12.
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- Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming
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