Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming
Subtitle: in four books ... : to which is added A discourse of perspective and chiromancy
By: by William Salmon.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1468:12.
Publisher: Printed by Andr. Clark for John Crumpe
Published: 1675
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Art -- Early works to 1800.; Portrait painting.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Polygraphice; Arts of drawing, engraving [...] etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming; Polygraphice.; Arts of drawing, engraving [...] etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming.
Notes: "Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries ... the way of engraving, etching and limning ... the depicting of the most eminent pieces of antiquities, the paintings of the antients, washing of maps, globes or pictures, the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones and metals, the varnishing, colouring and gilding thereof ... the painting, colouring and beautifying of the face, skin and hair, the whole doctrine of perfumes ... together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting."

Added t.p., engraved.

Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.

Wing S446.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1468:12)