THE LABORATORY OR, SCHOOL OF ARTS
de Smith, Godfrey
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good+
- Librería
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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London: Printed for James Hodges. Good+. 1750. Third Edition. Hardcover. Title page continues "IN WHICH ARE FAITHFULLY EXHIBITED, AND FULLY EXPLAINED. I. A VARIETY OF CURIOUS AND VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS IN REFINING, CALCINING, MELTING, ASSAYING, CASTING, ALLAYING, AND TOUGHENING OF GOLD; WITH SEVERAL OTHER CURIOSITIES RELATING TO GOLD AND SILVER. II. CHOICE SECRETS FOR JEWELLERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GOLD; IN ENAMELLING AND THE PREPARATION OF ENAMEL COLOURS, WITH THE ART OF COPYING PRECIOUS STONES; OF PREPARING COLOURS FOR DOUBLETS; OF COLOURING FOYLES FOR JEWELS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER RARE SECRETS. III. SEVERAL UNCOMMON EXPERIMENTS FOR CASTING IN SILVER, COPPER, BRASS, TIN, STEEL, AND OTHER METALS; LIKEWISE IN WAX, PLAISTER OF PARIS, WOOD, HORN &C. WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE MOULDS. IV. THE ART OF MAKING GLASS; EXHIBITING WITHAL THE ART OF PAINTING AND MAKING IMPRESSIONS UPON GLASS, AND LAYING THEREON GOLD OR SILVER; TOGETHER WITH THE METHOD OF PREPARING THE COLOURS FOR POTTERS WORK, OF DELF WARE. V. A COLLECTION OF VERY VALUABLE SECRETS, FOR THE USE OF CUTLERS, PEWTERERS, BRASSERS, JOINERS, TURNERS, JAPANNERS, BOOK-BINDERS, DISTILLERS, LAPIDARIES, LIMNERS, &C. TOGETHER WITH THE ART OF MARBLING BOOKS OR PAPER. VI. A DISSERTATION ON THE NATURE AND GROWTH OF SALT-PETRE; ALSO, SEVERAL OTHER CHOICE AND UNCOMMON CHYMICAL EXPERIMENTS. VII. THE ART OF PREPARING ROCKETS, CRACKERS, FIRE-GLOBES, STARS, SPARKS, &C. FOR RECREATIVE FIRE-WORKS. VIII. THE ART AND MANAGEMENT OF DYING SILKS, WORSTEDS, COTTON, &C. IN VARIOUS COLOURS". Rebound in full leather with 4 raised bands and gilt decoration & lettering. [8, 352pp & 16pp index]. Illustrated with a pictorial frontispiece by Hulett and 16 full pages of copper plates of which 2 are fold outs. Hinges and interior of text are tight, and intact. Frontis page has chipped edges. Damp stain affecting lower portion of pages 266-296 including both fold out illustrations. Some pages lightly soiled & old notes on rear free endpapers. Compiled from German and other foreign authors. Technical, Industrial Arts, Science. ; B/W plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .
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- Librería
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 17538
- Título
- THE LABORATORY OR, SCHOOL OF ARTS
- Autor
- Smith, Godfrey
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Edición
- Third Edition
- Editorial
- Printed for James Hodges
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1750
- Palabras clave
- Technical
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Technical;
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
Sobre Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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