A very proper treatise, wherein is breefely set foorth the art of limming : which teacheth the order in drawing and tracing of leters, vinets, flowers, armes, and imagerye, and the maner how to make sundry syses or groundes to lay siluer or gold vpon, and how siluer or golde shall be layed or limmed vpon the syse, and the waye to temper gold and siluer and other mettals and diuerse kindes of colours to write or to limme withall vppon velym, parchment or paper, and how to lay them vppon the worke which thou intendest to make, and howe to vernish it when thou hast done, with diuers other thinges verye meete and necessary to be knowne to all such gentlemen, and other persons as doe delight in limming, painting or in tricking of armes in their colours, and therefore a woorke very meete to be adioyning to the bookes of armes.
1588
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Title
A very proper treatise, wherein is breefely set foorth the art of limming : which teacheth the order in drawing and tracing of leters, vinets, flowers, armes, and imagerye, and the maner how to make sundry syses or groundes to lay siluer or gold vpon, and how siluer or golde shall be layed or limmed vpon the syse, and the waye to temper gold and siluer and other mettals and diuerse kindes of colours to write or to limme withall vppon velym, parchment or paper, and how to lay them vppon the worke which thou intendest to make, and howe to vernish it when thou hast done, with diuers other thinges verye meete and necessary to be knowne to all such gentlemen, and other persons as doe delight in limming, painting or in tricking of armes in their colours, and therefore a woorke very meete to be adioyning to the bookes of armes.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Thomas Purfoote, the assigne of Richard Tottill, 1588.
Description
11, [1] leaves ; (4to)
Note
Imprimatur at foot of title page: Cum priuilegio.
Running title reads: The art of limming.
Signatures: A-C⁴.
Running title reads: The art of limming.
Signatures: A-C⁴.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24255
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104632
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104632
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 24255
Folger-specific note
6/23/43. (Rebound by R. Lunow; formerly with: Mascall, Leonard. A profitable boke declaring dyuers approoued remedies. London, 1588 (shelf-mark STC 17591.)) Each leaf is silked and repaired, many along spine-fold. Some leaves cropped, affecting text, headlines, and side-notes. Final leaf mutilated, with loss of text