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1. Add MS 56038

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Add MS 56038
Title:
RECIPES FOR COLOURS, ETC.: Italian collection of recipes for pigments, inks, varnishes and glues, with notes on painting and restoration techniques and with annotated samples of earth colours (ff. 110-113); circa 1750. Italian. Con-temporary note of payment to Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio, f. 57. Formerly numbered 45,567 (pencil, f. v). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books (Patent Office Library), 14 May 1969. Paper; ff. v+120. 218 x 155mm. Patent Office Library binding.
Scope & Content:
Art. Treatises: Recipes: Recipes for artists' colours with guidelines for techniques: circa 1750: Ital. includes: f. 57 Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio, artist: Note of payment for artwork , to Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio: circa 1750: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 56074

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Add MS 56074
Title:
GEOMETRY AND ENGINEERING: treatises on plane geometry, mechanics and artillery, etc.; late 17th-early 18th cent. Italian. Plentifully illustrated with drawings in pen and ink, and watercolour. Old number '155', Italian, 18th cent., f. 1. Paper slip in Italian, giving brief title, description, a shelf mark 'Lib. 1, scaf. 1' and the number '17', 19th cent., f. v. For a similar slip in a MS. of the same provenance, see Add. 36880, f. ii. Possibly from the collection of Matteo Luigi Canonici (d....
Scope & Content:
End-papers: Italian, floral design in red and gold: late 17th-early 18th centt. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Illustrated treatises on mechanics, etc.,: late 17th-early 18th cent: Pen and ink, and water colour. includes: f. iv Bookplates and Book-stamps: Reverend Walter Sneyd, of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item