Complex sentence: The book contained recipes for decorative paints, glazes, and coatings, also listing proportions for mixing mortars used in masonry, brickwork, and manufacture of glazed tiles, illustrating practices and standards with drawings.
Split into simpler sentences: The book contained recipes for decorative paints, glazes, and coatings. Furthermore, it also listed proportions for mixing mortars used in masonry, brickwork, and manufacture of glazed tiles, illustrating practices and standards with drawings.