Lot 847
J. F. Watin, Der Staffirmaler. Leipzig 1774.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
847
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
(Jean Félix) Watin
Watin, (Jean Félix): Der Staffirmaler, oder die Kunst anzustreichen, zu vergolden und zu lackiren, wie solche bey Gebäuden, Meublen, Galanteriewaaren, Kutschen, u.s.w. ... anzuwenden ist. Nach der zweyten viel verbesserten Französischen Ausgabe übersetzt. Leipzig: Crusius 1774. 20 x 12,5 cm. 2 leaves, XII, 336 pages, 4 leaves. Paperback.
(Cover showing significant signs of wear and scuffing; spine with a small tear at the top. Title page with a small owner’s note. Inside, only minor signs of age.)
Vgl. Fromm 27301 (only later editions). - First German edition. – On painting, gilding and varnishing. This edition dispels misconceptions in the field of restoration: “I am astonished that, in our enlightened age, when the light of reason penetrates even the darkest workshops and the artist is abandoning his sloth … ...to pass off the most tasteless things as the fundamentals of varnishing...” (see Preface). Includes, amongst other things, a recipe by the author for “an odourless varnish that even removes the smell of oil paint” as well as an “excellent mordant for gilding”.
(Cover showing significant signs of wear and scuffing; spine with a small tear at the top. Title page with a small owner’s note. Inside, only minor signs of age.)
Vgl. Fromm 27301 (only later editions). - First German edition. – On painting, gilding and varnishing. This edition dispels misconceptions in the field of restoration: “I am astonished that, in our enlightened age, when the light of reason penetrates even the darkest workshops and the artist is abandoning his sloth … ...to pass off the most tasteless things as the fundamentals of varnishing...” (see Preface). Includes, amongst other things, a recipe by the author for “an odourless varnish that even removes the smell of oil paint” as well as an “excellent mordant for gilding”.