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
Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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To vernish them.

Take an ounce of clear Venice Turpen∣tine, with an ounce and half of Spirit of Tur∣pentine, and three or four ounces of drying Vernish, mix all in a Glass Vial, and dissolve it in Balneo Mariae; when cold, strike it over the Picture with a Pensil.