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

Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.

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Modern Curiosities OF ART and NATURE. Containing the whole Art of Moulding and Casting all sorts of Figures, Me∣dals and other Forms in Lead, Tin, Silver, Copper, Plaister of Paris, Wax, Sulphur and otherwise, as well hol∣low as sollid.

CHAP. XII.

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An Emrald Colour

Is made with Verdigreece finely poudered, and mixed as above; Coral with Vermilion, Jet with Ivory or Lamp-black.

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