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[SECRETS]. Secrets concernant les arts et métiers. 1716.

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Secrets concernant les arts et métiers. 

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1716.

12mo (165x95 mm), (52)-610-(2) pages.  binding : Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in six compartments. Binding rubbed, head of spine worn, corners bumped. Minor staining. Som gatherings misaligned. 

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First edition.
This book contains many craft secrets for the decorative arts with the recipes of varnishes, ink, dyes useful to painters, engravers, jewelers, cabinetmakers, perfumers ... A real treasure for the restorers of objects of the eighteenth century.

references: Neville [II, p.452 (ed. 1755) : "A book of secrets of considerable interrest in the history of chemical technology"], Duveen [p. 541 : "Ferguson (Book of secrets, 3rd suppl, pp.414-5) deals at lenght with this scarce book"].

Price : 350 €

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