The mysteryes of nature and art : conteined in foure severall tretises, the first of water workes, the second of fyer workes, the third of drawing, colouring, painting, and engrauing, the fourth of divers experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful
A four-part English technical manual by John Bate, printed in London in 1634, covering waterworks, fireworks, drawing and painting, and household experiments for craftsmen and gentlemen readers. Small letterpress woodcuts show pumps, siphons, fountains, tiered firework castles with flags, and sectioned cisterns in outline, with hatched water and key letters usable as diagram vocabulary or mechanical spot art.
