Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K.

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Title
Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K.
Author
C. K.
Publication
London :: Printed for G. Conyers ... and J. Sprint ...,
1697.
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Subject terms
Painting -- Technique.
Decoration and ornament.
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"Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47168.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.

Pages

Of Gambogium, Isinglass, Benja∣min or Benzoin, Dragons Blood, &c.

These are other things ne∣cessary in this Art, and ought to be well chosen

Page 52

As for the first, the best is that of a bright yellow, free from dirty thickness and dross.

Chuse as to the second, that which is whitest and clearest, free from yellowness.

As for the third, the best is that of a bright red colour, much like to clarified black Ro∣sin, free from all dross and filth.

The fourth, when the best, is of a bright red, free from dross, it may be had as the others at the Drugists, but the prices I set not down, because they ge∣nerally rise and fall.

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