Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming
London: T. Passinger, 1685. Hardcover. Brown full leather binding with blind debossing on spine. Marbled endsheets at back. 767 pp. Lacking frontispiece, engraved title, and several plates. Fair, front board detached, leather cracking, foxing, very occasional marginalia from previous owner, pages missing as noted above. Item #177998
I. The one hundred and twelve chymical arcanums of Petrus Johannes Faber ... II. An abstract of choice chymical preparation, fitted for vulgar use, for curing most diseases incident to humane bodies. The 5th edition. One of the most (if not the most) successful volumes by William Salman, empiric doctor and prolific writer of books on a broad range of topics from art to medicine to cooking. One of the earliest examples of a "printed academy."
OCLC: 297523127
Price: $750.00