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Title

  • A very proper treatise, wherein is breefely set forth the art of limming : which teacheth the order in drawing and tracing of letters, vinets, flowers, armes, and imagery, and the maner how to make sondrye syses or groundes to lay siluer or gold vpon, [and] how siluer or gold shall be layed or limmed vpon the sise, and the way to temper gold and siluer and other mettals and diuerse kindes of colours, to write or to limme withall vpon velym, parchment, or paper, and howe to lay them vpon the worke which thou entendest to make, and how to vernish it when thou hast done, with diuerse other things very meete and necessarie to be knowne to all such gentlemen, [and] other persons as do delight in limming, paynting or in tricking of armes, in their colours, and therefore a worke verye meete to be adioyned to the bookes of armes.

Other Title

  • Very proper treatise, wherein is briefly set forth the art of limming
  • Art of limming
  • Very proper treatise of the art of limming

Names

  • Purfoot, Thomas, -1639 or 1640, printer.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Imprinted at London : By Thomas Purfoot, 1596.

Headings

  • -  Painting--Early works to 1800
  • -  Illumination of books and manuscripts--Early works to 1800
  • -  Painting--Technique--Early works to 1800
  • -  Great Britain--England--London

Notes

  • -  Signatures: A-C⁴.
  • -  Running title reads: The art of limming.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1262
  • -  National Union Catalog (NUC pre-1956) NV 0124841 (Vol. 635, p. 183)
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) S112388
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis on front paste-down. Imperfect: some leaves have been mutilated and repaired.
  • -  A digital reproduction of the copy of this title found at the Huntington Library is available from Early English Books Online (EEBO).
  • -  A digital reproduction of the copy of this title found at the Getty Research Institute is available from Hathi-Trust Digital Library.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-09-13 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 11, [1] leaves ; 19 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ND3305 .V4 1596

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49039820

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Purfoot, Thomas, -1639 Or 1640, Printer, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A Very Proper Treatise, Wherein Is Breefely Set Forth the Art of Limming: Which Teacheth the Order in Drawing and Tracing of Letters, Vinets, Flowers, Armes, and Imagery, and the Maner How to Make Sondrye Syses or Groundes to Lay Siluer or Gold Vpon, and How Siluer or Gold Shall Be Layed or Limmed Vpon the Sise, and the Way to Temper Gold and Siluer and Other Mettals and Diuerse Kindes of Colours, to Write or to Limme Withall Vpon Velym, Parchment, or Paper, and Howe to Lay Them Vpon the Worke Which Thou Entendest to Make, and How to Vernish It When Thou Hast Done, With Diuerse Other Things Very Meete and Necessarie to Be Knowne to All Such Gentlemen, and Other Persons as Do Delight in Limming, Paynting or in Tricking of Armes, in Their Colours, and Therefore a Worke Verye Meete to Be Adioyned to the Bookes of Armes. Imprinted at London: By Thomas Purfoot, 1596. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49039820/.

APA citation style:

Purfoot, T., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1596) A Very Proper Treatise, Wherein Is Breefely Set Forth the Art of Limming: Which Teacheth the Order in Drawing and Tracing of Letters, Vinets, Flowers, Armes, and Imagery, and the Maner How to Make Sondrye Syses or Groundes to Lay Siluer or Gold Vpon, and How Siluer or Gold Shall Be Layed or Limmed Vpon the Sise, and the Way to Temper Gold and Siluer and Other Mettals and Diuerse Kindes of Colours, to Write or to Limme Withall Vpon Velym, Parchment, or Paper, and Howe to Lay Them Vpon the Worke Which Thou Entendest to Make, and How to Vernish It When Thou Hast Done, With Diuerse Other Things Very Meete and Necessarie to Be Knowne to All Such Gentlemen, and Other Persons as Do Delight in Limming, Paynting or in Tricking of Armes, in Their Colours, and Therefore a Worke Verye Meete to Be Adioyned to the Bookes of Armes. Imprinted at London: By Thomas Purfoot. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49039820/.

MLA citation style:

Purfoot, Thomas, -1639 Or 1640, Printer, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A Very Proper Treatise, Wherein Is Breefely Set Forth the Art of Limming: Which Teacheth the Order in Drawing and Tracing of Letters, Vinets, Flowers, Armes, and Imagery, and the Maner How to Make Sondrye Syses or Groundes to Lay Siluer or Gold Vpon, and How Siluer or Gold Shall Be Layed or Limmed Vpon the Sise, and the Way to Temper Gold and Siluer and Other Mettals and Diuerse Kindes of Colours, to Write or to Limme Withall Vpon Velym, Parchment, or Paper, and Howe to Lay Them Vpon the Worke Which Thou Entendest to Make, and How to Vernish It When Thou Hast Done, With Diuerse Other Things Very Meete and Necessarie to Be Knowne to All Such Gentlemen, and Other Persons as Do Delight in Limming, Paynting or in Tricking of Armes, in Their Colours, and Therefore a Worke Verye Meete to Be Adioyned to the Bookes of Armes. Imprinted at London: By Thomas Purfoot, 1596. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49039820/>.