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Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming ... : to which is added a discourse of perspective and chiromancy (1681)

Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Sherwin, William, active 1670-1710, Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698, Vaughan, William, active 1664, White, Margaret, fl. 1678-1683, Crump, John, fl. 1673-1682 · London : Printed by M. White, for John Crumpe, at the Sign of the Three Bibles in St. Paul's Church-Yard · leaf 82

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