[Rarebooks] FS: Rare practical handbook of the fine & decorative arts. London: ca. 1700

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(ART) ART'S MASTER-PIECE. Or, a Companion for the Ingenious of Either Sex. In Two Parts. I. The Art of Limning and Painting in Oil... Gilding on Wood... Japanning... The Art of Perfuming and Beautifying... II. The Art of Making Glass of Crystal... to Make Enamel of Divers Colours... With Additions by C. K. London: Printed by G. Conyers and J. Sprint. No date (circa 1700-1705). 12mo. 152,(4)pp. The final 4 pages are ads. Woodcut frontispiece of a painter at his easel. Later calf, circa 1800, extremities rubbed and outer hinges starting, but quite sound. Lower margin of title page a bit trimmed, touching the final line, reading "Price one shilling."    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)

ESTC records 3 copies of this edition, 2 in England and 1 in the U. S. Picked up by Wing as (1700) under "K., C." See Wing K3.

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