Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming : in four books : exemplifyed 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, washing of maps, globes or pictures, the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones and metals, the varnishing, colouring and gilding thereof according to any purpose or intent, the painting, colouring and beautifying of the face, skin and hair, the whole doctrine of perfumes, never published till now, together with the original, advancement and perfection of the art of painting : to which is added a discourse of perspective and chiromancy / by William Salmon ...

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 801:11.
Main Author: Salmon, William, 1644-1713
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by M. White for John Crumpe ..., 1681.
Edition:The fifth edition with many large additions, adorned with sculptures the like never yet extant.
Series:Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 801:11.
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Physical Description:10 unnumbered pages, 407 pages, 17 unnumbered pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits
Format: Microfilm Book

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