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VALUABLE SECRETS, CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES: Or, Approved Directions, From The Best Artists, For The Various Methods Of Engraving On Brass, Copper And Steel; Of The Composition Of Metals And Varnishes. Of Mastichs And Cements, Sealing-wax, &c. Of Colours And Painting, For Carriage Painters. Of Painting On Paper. Of Compositions From Limners. Of Transparent Colours. How To Dyeskins Or Gloves. To Colour Or Varnish Copper-plate Prints. Of Painting Glass. Of Colours Of All Sorts, For Oil, Water, And Crayons. Of The Art Of Gilding. The Art Of Dying Woods, Bones, &c.. The Art Of Moulding. The Art Of Making Wines. Of Various Compositions Of Vinegars. Of Liquors And Essential Oils. Of The Confectionary Art. Of Taking Out All Sorts Of Spots And Stains. WITH AN APPENDIX, Containing Valuable Selections, In Addition To, And Never Before Published In This Work -
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VALUABLE SECRETS, CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES: or, approved directions, from the best artists, for the various methods of engraving on brass, copper and steel; of the composition of metals and varnishes. Of mastichs and cements, sealing-wax, &c. of colours and painting, for carriage painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions from limners. Of transparent colours. How to dyeskins or gloves. To colour or varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting glass. Of colours of all sorts, for oil, water, and crayons. Of the art of Gilding. The art of dying woods, bones, &c.. The art of moulding. The art of making wines. Of various compositions of vinegars. Of liquors and essential oils. Of the confectionary art. Of taking out all sorts of spots and stains. WITH AN APPENDIX, Containing Valuable Selections, in Addition to, and never before published in this Work
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VALUABLE SECRETS CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES: Or, Approved Directions, From the best Artists, for the various methods: Of engraving on Brass, Copper, or Steel. Of the composition of metals..
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Norwich, (Conn.): Printed by Thomas Hubbard, 1795. First American edition. Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st American edition. A Good copy. 16mo., xxii, 240 pp. Bound in contemporary full calf, with title on red morocco label on the spine. Tips, joints and board edges moderately rubbed. Previous owner's name and 1802 date on the front end paper. Text toned, with some light, scattered foxing throughout. A Good copy. **** A handy book, with methods, secrets, and hints, to clean, renew, make, the full range of hand-made crafts, trades, objects from engravings, to ivory, to making corks, cement, cleaning silver, etc. ***.
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VALUABLE SECRETS CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES: OR, APPROVED DIRECTIONS, FROM THE BEST ARTISTS, FOR THE VARIOUS METHODS OF ENGRAVING ON BRASS, COPPER, OR STEEL. OF THE COMPOSITION OF METALS, AND VARNISHES. OF MASTICHS AND CEMENTS, SEALING-WAX, &C. OF COLOURS AND PAINTING, FOR CARRIAGE PAINTERS. OF PAINTING ON PAPER. OF COMPOSITIONS FROM LIMNERS. OF TRANSPARENT COLOURS. HOW TO DYE SKINS OR GLOVES. TO COLOUR OR VARNISH COPPER-PLATE PRINTS. OF PAINTING ON GLASS. OF COLOURS OF ALL SORTS, FOR OIL, WATER, AND CRAYONS. OF THE ART OF GILDING. THE ART OF DYING WOODS, BONES, &C. THE ART OF MOULDING. THE ART OF MAKING WINES. OF THE VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS OF VINEGARS. OF LIQUORS AND ESSENTIAL OILS. OF THE CONFECTIONARY ART. OF TAKING OUT ALL SORTS OF SPOTS AND STAINS
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Norwich [CT]: Thomas Hubbard, 1795. Contemporary calf [rubbed and chipped, but tightly bound]. 22, 240pp. Scattered light spotting, Good+. The title says it all. This is the first American edition of a useful work on trade secrets, containing hundreds of articles on the array of arts and trades. It originally issued from London in 1775. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29243. Lowenstein 10. Rink 155. Trumbull 1543.
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1795. VALUABLE SECRETS CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES or, Approved Directions from the Best Artists, for the Various Methods of engraving on Brass, Copper or Steel, of the Composition of Metals and Varnishes... etc. etc. Norwitch, Thomas Hubbard, 1795. Octavo. xxii,240pp. First American Edition. Ex-lib stamp on front pastedown and title page. Everything from engraving and painting to lost-wax casting of bronze to making jams and whipped cream. Leather, quite worn. Front board and endpaper detached.
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Valuable Secrets concerning Arts and Trades: or, Approved Directions, from the best Artists, for the various methods of engraving on brass, copper, or steel. Of the composition of metals, and varnishes. Of mastichs and cements, sealing-wax, &c. Of colours and painting, for carriage painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions from limners. Of transparent colours. How to dye skins or gloves. To colour or varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting on glass. Of colours of all sorts, for oil, water, and crayons. Of the art of gilding. The art of dying woods, bones, &c. The art of moulding. The art of making wines. Of the various compostions of vinegars. Of liquors and essential oils. Of the confectionary art. Of taking out all sorts of spots and stains
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Norwich, [Conn.]: Printed by Thomas Hubbard, 1795. Early and possibly first American edition (also issued in the same year with a Philadelphia imprint). [2], xxii, 240 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, usual wear, morocco spine label chipped. Early and possibly first American edition (also issued in the same year with a Philadelphia imprint). [2], xxii, 240 pp. 12mo. Selections from Secrets Concernant les Arts et Metiers, The English translation first published in London 1775. An early work to be published in America on the subject, particularly the section regarding copper and steel engraving. Also issued in Philadelphia the same year under the title One Thousand Valuable Secrets. Evans 29243; Trumbull, J. H. Connecticut,1543; Rink, E. Technical Americana, 155; Lowenstein, E. American cookery (3rd ed.),10; Sabin, 98399; ESTC W2441; JCB Library, The colonial scene, p. 63
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