Tarité des couleurs matérielles, et de la maniere de colorer, relativement aux différens arts et métiers

Abstract

An extremely interesting eighteenth-century book on the chemical and physical processes of colouring, which deals with the preparation of various dyestuffs and pigments together with their application to many different substances such as cloth, wood, marble, stone, enamel, glass, and porcelain. There are also sections on the preparation of varnishes; the technique of gilding; oil fresco and encaustic painting. (Ursus Rare Books, catalogue 313)