New curiosities in art and nature: or, a collection of the most valuable secrets in all arts and sciences, as appears by the contents. Being very useful for all persons who are desirous to consult their Health, Pleasure, or Beauty; enrich'd with an Infinite Variety of Curious Rarities in Perfuming, Colouring, Painting, making of Cordial Waters, Pomatums, Washes, Scenting of Snuffs, and all Sort of Varieties of that Nature, which have been Try'd and Approv'd by People of the Best Quality. Composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, Apothecary to the French King. Translated into English from the Seventh edition. Printed this last Year in French, in which is near one half more than in any former Edition. Illustrated with Cuts. To which is added a supplement by the translator.
- Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
- Date:
- 1711
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Nouveau recueil de secrets et curiosités les plus rares. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for John King, at the Bible and Crown in Little Britain, and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall, 1711.
Physical description
[16],354,[14]p.,plates ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T106314
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.