Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming
Subtitle: 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
By: by William Salmon ...
Contributors: Fabre, Pierre-Jean, d. ca. 1650.
Edition: The fifth edition, enlarged with above a thousand considerable additions, adorned with XXV. copper sculptures, the like never yet extant.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 801:12.
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Passinger ... and Thomas Sawbridge ...
Published: 1685
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 767
Subjects: Art -- Early works to 1800.; Portrait painting -- Early works to 1800.; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Polygraphice; Arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting; Polygraphice.; Arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting.
Notes: Advertisement on p. 764-767.

Errata: p. 64.

Includes the "Arcanums of Peter John Faber" as liber sextus.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Wing S448

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 801:12)