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Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, guilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming

In four books. Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries, 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 ancients; washing of maps, globes, or pictures; the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones, and metals; the varnishing, colouring, and guilding thereof, according to any purpose or intent; the painting, colouring, and beautifying of the face, skin, and hair; the whole doctrine of perfumes, together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting; the like never published till now ; To which is added, a discourse of perspective and chiromancy

by William Salmon

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, guilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming (1680). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Divination and oracles

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Art, Medicine, Palmistry, Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Painting, Portrait drawing, Human figure in art

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Palmistry”. Retained metadata contains “Chiromancy” in the subtitle, “Palmistry” in the subject metadata, and “Chiromancy” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Palmistry”· via Open Library
    • “Chiromancy”· in subtitle
    • “Palmistry”· in subject
    • “Chiromancy”· in edition subtitle

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In four books. Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries, 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 ancients; washing of maps, globes, or pictures; the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones, and metals; the varnishing, colouring, and guilding thereof, according to any purpose or intent; the painting, colouring, and beautifying of the face, skin, and hair; the whole doctrine of perfumes, together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting; the like never published till now ; To which is added, a discourse of perspective and chiromancy

Open Library record

1680Printed for Charles Passinger, at the Sign of the Seven Stars on London-BridgeEnglish—No ebook

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