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Libra Esoterica

Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, vernishing, japaning, gilding, &c

in two volumes ...

by William Salmon, A. and J. Churchill, Pierre-Jean Fabre & John Nicholson

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Pages 225-300 lacking in pagination Plate count includes the frontispiece portrait and an added engraved title-page Signatures: A a B-P 2A-3R Statement of responsibility follows the edition statement on title-page (from title-page) I. The arts of drawing men, women, landskips, &c. II. Of engraving, etching, and limning. III. Of painting, washing, coloring, gilding. IV. Of the original, advancement and perfection of painting, with the various paintings of the ancients. V. Of the arts of beautifying and perfuming. VI. Of the arts of dying and staining. VII. Of alchymie, and the grand elixir of philosophers. VIII. Of the 112 chymical arcana of Peter Faber. IX. Of chiromantical signatures. X. Of staining and painting glass, enamel and Gems. XI. Of vernishing, japaning, and gilding ESTC(RLIN)

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

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Palmistry”. Retained metadata contains “Palmistry” in the subject metadata.

    • “Palmistry”· via Internet Archive
    • “Palmistry”· via Open Library
    • “Palmistry”· in subject

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in two volumes ...

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1701London : Printed for A. and J. Churchill ..., and J. Nicholson ...; Printed for A. and J. Churchill ..., and J. Nicholson ...English—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; gettyalchemy
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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