Notice catalographique « The handmaid to the arts, teaching »

Contents:

V.1:pt.1. Materia pictoria or the nature, preparation, and use of all the various substances employed in painting.
pt.2. Several arts used in making outline sketches of designs from nature, or depicted representations and of the means of taking casts, and impressions from figures busts, medals, leaves etc.
pt.3. Gilding, silvering, bronzing,japanning, laquering and the staining different kinds of substances with all the variety of colours.

V.2:pt.1. Inks, cements, sealing wax.
pt.2. Engraving, etching, and scraping mezzotintoes
pt.3. The nature and composition of glass and the art of counterfeiting gems of every kind.
pt.4. Nature, composition, glazing, painting, gilding of porcelain or chinaware.
pt.5. Method of preparing and moulding papier maché and whole paper, for the forming boxes, frames with the manner of making the light Japan ware.

• Artists' materials
• Painting - Technique
• Matériel d'artistes
• Peinture - Technique