Art's treasury of rareties and curious inventions : in two parts.

London : Printed for G. Conyers, at the Ring in Little-Britain, [1710?]

2 unnumbered pages, 152 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 16 cm (12mo)

The 4th ed.

There was apparently no 3rd ed. (cf. Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, a later ed. of the work cited below).

Conyers was in business 1686-1712; Kress suggests 1690's, and Hall suggests 1710, as publication dates.

(from t.p.) part I. Containing the mystery of dying cloths ... the manner of preparing colours : directions to take out spots ... the art of drawing, limning, painting, Japanning and laying on colours : etching, engraving ... part II. Containing the quality, generation and produces of metals ... to detect counterfeit coins ... brewing fine ale, making wines : legerdemain, and divers other curiosities.

ESTC N16242.

Hall, T.H. Conjuring 298.

Kress Lib. S.1687.

Hall, T. H. A bibliography of books on conjuring, 298

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W1788AB