A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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. Also rules for counterfeiting tortoise-shell, and marble, and for staining or dying wood, ivory, and horn. Together with above an hundred distinct patterns for japan-work, in imitation of the Indians, for tables, stands, frames, cabinets, boxes, &c. Curiously engraven on 24 large copper-plates. By George Parker, varnisher and japaner (oversize)

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• Title: A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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. Also rules for counterfeiting tortoise-shell, and marble, and for staining or dying wood, ivory, and horn. Together with above an hundred distinct patterns for japan-work, in imitation of the Indians, for tables, stands, frames, cabinets, boxes, &c. Curiously engraven on 24 large copper-plates. By George Parker, varnisher and japaner (oversize)
• Description:

  By George Parker and by John Stalker, whose name appears on title page of other editions of this work. This variant has only Parker on title page.

  One of at least three imprint variants of this edition.

  Plates comprise more than 60 chinoiserie designs of flowers, birds, insects, animals and landscapes.

  Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),

  Indexed in: ESTC

• Date range: in the year MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
• Date: 1688

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

A treatise of japaning and varnishing, being a compleat discovery of those arts. With the best way 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

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