Volume 1

Arts treasury of rarities: and curious inventions. : In two parts.

  • John White
Date:
[1710?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Arts treasury of rarities: and curious inventions. : In two parts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eer e hae | y. tn, ee [ Le @ de z eee Re eee RCRae TC heen, eee ARTS TREASURY? | ee. BEING Modern Curiofities. 4 ren. | COMA ho hes coe (The Art and Myftery of dying Silks, Stuffs, Cloths Feathers, &¢. in the muft curious and delightfu' Colours, with the Manner of ordering, making awa preparing-them, &C. © eg RE various Colours thatiwe daily or frequently: behold, that they in a Manner captivateand = «detain even the Fancy itfelf with Wonder-and | Delight. Wherefore I have thought it highly’ (convenient, .amongft the many ftupendous Secrets: ;and Curiofities this Book contains, as well tend- jing to Profit as Pleafure, if duly practifed, to: | place the Art of colouring, vulgarly called dying, — jin the beginning, as‘an Introduction to'the refl, it |being much wanted, and frequently coveted by, jpublick and private Perfons, to be known, and : irightly managed; , Wherefore for its better Im~ |provement, take the following Rule and Direce * lanons.) 27%; ; . ee « To prepare raw Silk. Take your raw Silk and | put it into a Bag, that it may not entangle; then | to- every Pound of this raw Silk, add a Quarter of . \@ Pound of Soap, let'this boil togethertwoHoursy ie Fj ; By 2 & we theme” i hn pleafing to the Eyes of Mankind are the | are oy
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