Cröker, Johann Melchior. The probably leading Mahler who ... teaches how to prepare for Mahlerey, deal with oil paints ... and work out clean copper sticks. 7 Bl., 536 pp., 4)Bl. With stung frontispiece and some woodcuts. Parchment d. C. (somewhat stained, darkened, toasted). Jena, Johann Rodolph Cröker, 1764. Schiess I, 480. – The manual was published for the first time in 1721 under the title "Der Zur Oel-Farben, Mahlerey und zu vielen other Curieusen Wissen ergaben wohl beführende Mahler ..." and experienced several editions. It was the main textbook for the painters of the 18th century. ==References====External links==* Official website In the "Kunst-Cabinet, wherein all kinds of rare and secret inventions ..." (from p. 297), also 56 chapters about wax and wax works, mirrors, shell gold, glass etc. – Title below a little bit circumcised and with small old deposit (tiny text loss), front sipiz with small ink stains, occasionally a little stained or tanned and with traces of usage.