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The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide : containing the most approved methods of imitating oak, mahogany, maple, rose, cedar, coral, and every other kind of fancy wood; verd antique, dove, sienna, porphyry, white veined, and other marbles; in oil or distemper colour : designs for decorating apartments, in accordance with the various styles of architecture; with directions for stenciling, and process for destroying damp in walls; also a complete body of information on the art of staining and painting on glass; plans for the erection of apparatus for annealing it; and the method of joining figures together by leading, with examples from ancient windows