Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming : 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 William Salmon.

  • Salmon, William, 1644-1713
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1685
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London : Printed for Thomas Passinger ... and Thomas Sawbridge ..., 1685.

Physical description

64 unnumbered pages, 767 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 41 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits

Edition

The fifth edition, enlarged with above a thousand considerable additions, adorned with XXV. copper sculptures, the like never yet extant.

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.

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Wing S448

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 801:12) s1999 miun s

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