White, John (fl. 1697)

Arts Master Piece, or a Companion for the Ingenious of Either Sex. Containing. 1. The Art of Limning and Painting ... 2. The newest Experiment in Japanning ... 3. To make Artificiall Tortoishel ... 4. The Mystery of dying Silks ... 5. To take Spotts, Stains ... out of Silks, Stuffs, Linen ... 6. The Art of Perfuming and Beautifeing. 7. Divers Physical and Chirurgical Receipts. 8. To make London pouder Ink ... [1697]. Transcript.

Early 18th century

1 volume 86 pp. + 3 ll. 8vo. 16 × 101/2 cm. 19th cent. half-cloth binding.

Purchased 1931.

Probably a transcript of one of the 1697 London editions, recorded in the 'Term Catalogues', Vol. III, where the work is ascribed to 'C.K.' Ferguson, however, in his 'Bibliographical notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets' Sixth Supplement, pp. 2-20, appears to prove that the author of this and other similar popular receipt-books was a certain John White, otherwise unknown, and that 'C.K.' was only the writer of some additions to later issues of White's book.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).