Salmon, William: Polygraphice: Or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming: In Four Books ... To which is added A Discourse of Perspective and Chiromancy (London, 1675)

cji Poljgraphkes. Lib. 2..
After using them, rub the ends of them well with
Soap, then lay them a while in warm water to tkep,
then take them out and wash them well in other tair
water.
V. Ttf prepare the 'table.
It mult be made os pure fine paste-board, such as
Cards are made of (of what thkknefe you please )
very finely sskk'd and glazed. Take a piece of this
paste-board of the bigness you intend the Pic/turt, and
a piece of the finest and whitest parchment you can
get (' virgin parchment) which cut of equal bigness
with the paste-board j with thin, white, new madtf-
ilarch, paite the parchment to the paste-board, with
the outside of the skin outwrardmost: lay on the starch
very thin and even;, then the grinding stone being
clean, lay the card thereon with the parchment sidev
downwards, and as hard as you can, rub the other sids
of the paste-board with a Boars-tooth stt in a stick i
then let it be thorow dry, and it will be fit to work or
Limn any curious thing upon.
VI. The (hells holding or containingyour colours,
ought to be Horse-muscle (hells, which may be got in
July about Rivers sides \ but the next to these are
Itstall Muscle-stiells, or in stead thereof little China
or glass vesscls.

C H A P. XXIV.
Of Preparations sor Limning.
I. T_T A ve two sinal! glass or China-dimes, in either
%~\ of which mull be pure clean water, the one
to \vahh the pencils in being foul; the ether to tem-
per