A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.
Published / Created:
Oxford : Printed for and sold by the authors, John Stalker, at the Golden Ball in St. James's Market, London, or by George Parker, at Mr. Richard Woods house over against the theater in Oxford, 1688.
Physical Description:
[10], 84 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:582427
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes errata leaf, with table of contents printed on verso.
Subject Terms:
Brooke, Richard, Sir -- Bookplate. | Stalker, John -- Publisher. | Parker, George -- Publisher. | Japanning. | Varnish and varnishing. | Lacquer and lacquering. | Decoration and ornament.
