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One Thousand Valuable Secrets, in the Elegant and Useful Arts

Collected from the Practice of the Best Artists and Containing an Account of the Various Methods

One Thousand Valuable Secrets, in the Elegant and Useful Arts( )
Author: Cookbook, American Antiquarian
Series title:American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection
ISBN:978-1-4494-3189-1
Publication Date:Jul 2013
Publisher:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $4.99
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Originally published in London in 1775, One Thousand Valuable Secrets was Americanized and published in Philadelphia in 1795 in an effort to help the newly established United States become self-sufficient from Europe. As stated in the preface, the purpose of the American edition was to "promote industry and stimulate genius" and will hopefully have been "received as an acceptable contribution." Covering everything from engraving, "break[ing] an iron bar as big as the arm,"...
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