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VALUABLE SECRETS, CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES. OR, APPROVED DIRECTIONS FROM THE BEST ARTISTS, FOR THE VARIOUS METHODS OF ENGRAVING ON BRASS, COPPER, OR STEEL. OF THE COMPOSITION OF METALS AND VARNISHES. OF MASTICHS AND CEMENTS, SEALING-WAX, &C. OF COLOURS AND PAINTING, FOR CARRIAGE-PAINTERS. OF PAINTING ON PAPER. OF COMPOSITIONS FROM LIMNERS. OF TRANSPARENT COLOURS. HOW TO DYE SKINS OR GLOVES. TO COLOUR OR VARNISH COPPER- PLATE PRINTS. OF PAINTING ON GLASS. OF COLOURS OF ALL SORTS FOR OIL, WATER, AND CRAYONS. OF THE ART OF GILDING. OF THE ART OF DYING WOODS, BONES, &C. OF THE ART OF MOULDING. OF THE ART OF MAKING WINES. OF THE VARIOUS COMPOSTIONS OF VINEGARS. OF LIQUORS AND ESSENTIAL OILS. OF THE CONFECTIONARY ART. OF TAKING OUT ALL SORTS OF SPOTS AND STAINS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING VALUABLE SELECTIONS, IN ADDITION TO, AND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN THIS WORK
by [Formulary]: Bumstead, J. [printer]
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Boston: From J. Bumstead's Printing Office, 1798.. xxiv,[25]-264pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, rebacked, with slightly too flashy spine label. Scattered and significant browning and foxing, occasional marginal nicks and chips, a few scattered light stains, 1802 gift inscription on somewhat stained blank prelim, private name stamp in upper margin of title; just a good, sound copy. Denoted the "Third American Edition" of an English translation of SECRETS CONCERNANT LES ARTS ET METIERS, published originally in London in 1775. ESTC records a Norwich, CT printing in 1795, but no other North American printing that would serve as the other precedent. The usual substantial collection of recipes for edibles and drinkables, formulae for painting, etching, cleaning, dying and other household needs, along with modes of preserving fruits. ESTC locates 14 copies. ESTC W28501. EVANS 34913. RINK 157.
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- VALUABLE SECRETS, CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES. OR, APPROVED DIRECTIONS FROM THE BEST ARTISTS, FOR THE VARIOUS METHODS OF ENGRAVING ON BRASS, COPPER, OR STEEL. OF THE COMPOSITION OF METALS AND VARNISHES. OF MASTICHS AND CEMENTS, SEALING-WAX, &C. OF COLOURS AND PAINTING, FOR CARRIAGE-PAINTERS. OF PAINTING ON PAPER. OF COMPOSITIONS FROM LIMNERS. OF TRANSPARENT COLOURS. HOW TO DYE SKINS OR GLOVES. TO COLOUR OR VARNISH COPPER- PLATE PRINTS. OF PAINTING ON GLASS. OF COLOURS OF ALL SORTS FOR OIL, WATER, AND CRAYONS. OF THE ART OF GILDING. OF THE ART OF DYING WOODS, BONES, &C. OF THE ART OF MOULDING. OF THE ART OF MAKING WINES. OF THE VARIOUS COMPOSTIONS OF VINEGARS. OF LIQUORS AND ESSENTIAL OILS. OF THE CONFECTIONARY ART. OF TAKING OUT ALL SORTS OF SPOTS AND STAINS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING VALUABLE SELECTIONS, IN ADDITION TO, AND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN THIS WORK
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- [Formulary]: Bumstead, J. [printer]
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- From J. Bumstead's Printing Office
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- 1798.
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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