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

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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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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.

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Benjamin-Water, an excellent Beautifier.

Take a pint of good strong Brandy, a pint of Spirit of Wine, half a pound of Benjamine, and a quarter of a pound of Storax, on ounce of Cinnamon, and half an ounce of Cloves, and four Nutmegs; beat the Spices and Benjamine, and putting them into the liquids, stop them up close in a strong Glass-Bottle, and let it stand upon Sand in the Sun, in the heat of Summer

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a month, and then pour it off, and clarifie it.

This cleanses the Skin of Morphew, Tandness or Sun∣burning, and causes a delicate complexion, as does the Queen of Hungary's Water, which I have already taught you to make.

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