Rare Books

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, 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 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. The second edition, with many large additions. Adorned with sculptures: the like never yet extant