The handmaid to the arts, [electronic resource] : Vol. the first. Teaching, I. A perfect knowledge of the materia pictoria; or, the nature, use, preparation, and composition, of all the various substances employed in painting, as well vehicles, dryers, &c. as colours; including those peculiar to enamel and painting on glass. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dossie, Robert, d. 1777.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Technical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v. )

Edition:

The second edition, with considerable additions and improvements.

Other Title:

Handmaid to the arts,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Nourse, bookseller in Ordinary to his Majesty, MDCCLXIV. [1764]

Notes:

Anonymous. By Robert Dossie.

In this second edition the vol.1 titlepage, eighth line, reads: "teria pictoria; or, the nature,"; the second line of the imprint reads: "printed for J. Nourse, bookseller in ordinary to his".

The titlepage to vol.2 reads: ".. Teaching, I. The preparation of inks, .. VI. The manner of preparing and moulding papier mache, ..".

Vol. the second. Teaching I. The preparation of inks, cements, and sealing-wax, of every king. ...

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N32883.

OCLC:

508145020