Revealing Secret Arts for Factory Owners, Manufacturers, Artists, Artisans and for Economy.

Translated from German by М. Agentov. Part 1. Moscow. Imperial Moscow University. 1768. 296 pages. The book describes German porcelain composition, how to make gemstones, clean gold, silver, gemstones, renovate old paintings, change copper into a better metal, make snuff-boxes etc. Engraved headpieces, vignettes, in-text drawings. Full-leather bindings, blind-stamped spine, patterned endpaper, three edges tinted. Bookplate of M. Semenovsky library on the first endpaper (Semenovsky was the editor of the noted Russkaya Starina magazine). 20х12.5сm., in satisfactory condition: traces of removed stamps, bindings rubbed. The edition is of importance to collectors.