Frontispiece wanting. Title-page slightly mutilated and mounted. Since the frontispiece is wanting, it is not clear whether it was the first leaf of gathering A, or whether A1 was blank and is wanting.
Manuscript commonplace book with sections treating geometry, trigonometry, surveying, clock making, violin making, and gilding, as well as receipts for varnish, medicines, "secret writing" and inks, a number of conjuring tricks and slights of hand, a...
Description:
Binding: Contemporary vellum.
Subject (Topic):
Magic tricks, Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc, Medicine, and Varnish and varnishing
