Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. : Containing, I. The art of limning and painting in oil %c. ... VIII. To make London powder ink, other powder inks, and the shining Japan ink: with many other notable things. /
C. K.
Whitehead, Richard,active 1793,former owner.StEdNL
Glasgow, : Printed for J.D. and sold by John Crawford ...,
1717..
With mutilated leaf tipped in at end with MS instructions on softening and dissolving horn or tortoiseshell.
Work first published, with authorship attributed to "C.K.", in 1697.
I. The art of limning and painting in oil -- II. The newest experiment in japanning -- III. To make artificial tortoiseshell -- IV. The mystery of dying silks, stuffs, woollen and linnen cloth -- V. To take spots, stains, pitch, tare and iron moulds out of silks, stuffs, linnen, and woollen -- VI. The art of perfuming and beautifying -- VII. Divers physical and chirurgical receipts -- VIII. To make London powder ink, other powder inks.
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Manuscript inscription on the front pastedown "Richard Whitehead's book 1793" written twice. Tipped in the back is a receipe to dissolve horn or tortoise shell.
Provenance: MS inscription on front pastedown: Richard Whitehead's book 1793.
Decoration and ornament
Painting
Printing