Arte de brilhantes vernizes, & das tinturas
Subtitle: Fazelas, & o como obrar com ellas. E dos ingredientes de que o dito se deve compor, huma larga explicaçaõ, da origem, & naturezas; proprio para os mestres torneiros, pintores, & escultores. Como taõ-bem huma offerta, de 18, ou 20, receitas curiozas, & necessarias para: os ourives de ouro, prata, & os relogoeiros, & mais artistas
By: Por Joaõ Stooter, natural de Anveres, provincia de Brabante perito no rachar, & lavrar diamantes
Publisher: Por la viuva de Henrico Verdussen
Published: 1729
Place of publication: Em Anveres
Language: por
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Artists' materials; Painting; Handbooks, manuals; Lacquer and lacquering; Varnish and varnishing
Other titles: Arte de brilhantes vernizes, e das tinturas.
Notes: Probably the author's proof copy.

"Por hum affecto ao autor. Soneto": preliminary leaf precedes title page.

Pages 1-14, 2nd count, describes different kinds of wood and how you prepare them to take the varnish; pages 15-27, 2nd count, describes how to apply the varnish.

"Numero I. Espiritus vini vernis, cor de canella": pages 28-37, 2nd count.

"Tinturas", pages 37-55, 2nd count, includes formulations for making paint which are numbered numers 1-6 on pages 39-42, a continuation on number 2 on page 43, and numbers 3-13 on pages 44-55.

"Dos oleos vernizes", pages 56-65, 2nd count, includes numbers 1-5, describes formulations for different kinds of oils used in applying varnish.

"Huma offerta", pages [3-5], 3rd count, is a table of contents intended to refer to pages 1-28, 4th count, but does not accurately reflect those pages; this section contains numerous corrections in the author's hand.

"Numero I, 2, 3", pages 1-28, 4th count, has numbers 2 and 3 in manuscript hand, and actually includes numbers 1-19 and sections lettered F, A, B, E, C, and D interspersed among the numbered sections.

"Spiritus vini", pages 29-34, 4th count, explains the methods and instruments used to process varnished and includes numbers 20 and 21.

"Suplemento da obra Arte de brilhantes vernizes, & das tinturas", pages 35-39, 4th count, includes numbers 22-25.

"Couza nova. 28. Advertencias novas. De que pertencem 21. à Arte dos vernizes, as outras 7. naõ", pages 40-53, 6th count, includes numbers 18-28.

"Couza nova. A. Motivo do que segue, de fol. 56 atê 63", pages 56-63, 6th count, includes sections A-F, and describes the uses of glue, plaster, and other materials; this section does not seem to have been included in other 1729 known copies of the work.

Signatures: A-G⁸ ([A]1, [A]2 versos blank) H⁴ (-H4) (H3 verso, H4 blank) ²A-²B⁴ ³A⁴

Errata: page 55, 6th count.

Includes indexes on pages [1-2], 3rd count, page [3-5], 3rd count, and pages 54-55, 6th count.

Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initial.

Includes indexes.

Purchase; 2017; 18-440.