Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.
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Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.
Author
Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
Publication
London :: Printed for Matthew Gilliflower ... and James Partridge...,
1685.
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Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Recipes.
Home economics -- Early works to 1800.
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"Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47660.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
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To embellish and preserve Beauty. CHAP. III.
THE true Receipt of the Queen of Hunga∣ries
Water, 74.
For the Pimples in the Face, 75.
For the Redness of the Face, ib.
For the same, ib.
For the same, 76.
To take spots out of the Face, ib.
Cloths for Masques, ib.
A most Excellent Water for the Face,
ib.
A Water to whiten the Face, 77.
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Water of Venice very good for the
Face, ib.
Another for the same, 78.
To take away spots from the Face, ib.
To prepare Ox-gall for the Face, ib.
A Water for a tann'd Face, 79.
A Water to beautifie the Face, and take away wrinkles,
ib.
To take away Wrinkles from the Face, 80.
A most Excellent Pomatum for the Face,
ib.
An Excellent Pomatum for the Lips, 81.
To take away redness of the Face, 82.
Handkerchiefs of Venice, ib.
Virgins Milk, 83.
Another Lac Virginis more ready and sure
ib.
A most Excellent Spanish White, 84.
To whiten the Teeth, ib.
For the same, 85.
For the same, ib.
For the same, ib.
To hinder the Hair from falling off, ib.
To make the Hair grow, 86.
To colour the Hair, ib.
A Water to colour the Hair black, ib.
A Paste for the Hands, 87.
Another Paste for the Hands, ib.
Another for the same, 88.
To make the Hair grow quickly, ib.
To make one have a good Voice. ib.
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