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Book/Printed Material A booke of secrets : shewing diuers waies to make and prepare all sorts of inke, and colours ... and to graue with stronf water in steele and iron ...

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Title

  • A booke of secrets : shewing diuers waies to make and prepare all sorts of inke, and colours ... and to graue with stronf water in steele and iron ...

Names

  • Phillip, William, translator, attributed name.
  • Islip, Adam, -1639, printer.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by Adam Islip for Edward White, and are to be sold at his shop at the little north dore of Pouls, at the signe of the Gun, 1596.

Headings

  • -  Ink--Early works to 1800
  • -  Colors--Early works to 1800
  • -  Engraving--Early works to 1800
  • -  Engraving--Technique--Early works to 1800
  • -  Wine and wine making--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Translation of Ettliche Künste, auff mancherley Weisz Dinten und allerhand Faben zu bereyten.
  • -  Signatures: A⁴ (1 Leaf, blank?, wanting) B-E⁴.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1259
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), S103623
  • -  LC copy: Ex libris Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-09-26 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • [40] p. plate. 20 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NE830 .E815
  • NE830 .E815 Copy 2 24 cm. Rosenwald Coll. Extra illustrated with mounted photostates of 4 p. (t. p. and sig. C3 recto-C4 recto) preceded by ms. t.p.: A booke of secrets ... Photographs of the title page of the British Museum copy of the 2d earliest book in the English language on the art of engraving, and of the three pages therein which refer to this subject. 1910. With this is bound a mounted photostat of the plate found only in the LC copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49041207

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Chicago citation style:

Islip, Adam, -1639, Printer, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A Booke of Secrets: Shewing Diuers Waies to Make and Prepare All Sorts of Inke, and Colours ... And to Graue With Stronf Water in Steele and Iron. translateds by Phillip, William, Attributed Name London, Printed by Adam Islip for Edward White, and are to be sold at his shop at the little north dore of Pouls, at the signe of the Gun, 1596. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/49041207/.

APA citation style:

Islip, A., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1596) A Booke of Secrets: Shewing Diuers Waies to Make and Prepare All Sorts of Inke, and Colours ... And to Graue With Stronf Water in Steele and Iron. Phillip, W., trans London, Printed by Adam Islip for Edward White, and are to be sold at his shop at the little north dore of Pouls, at the signe of the Gun. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/49041207/.

MLA citation style:

Islip, Adam, -1639, Printer, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A Booke of Secrets: Shewing Diuers Waies to Make and Prepare All Sorts of Inke, and Colours ... And to Graue With Stronf Water in Steele and Iron. trans by Phillip, William, Attributed Name London, Printed by Adam Islip for Edward White, and are to be sold at his shop at the little north dore of Pouls, at the signe of the Gun, 1596. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/49041207/>.