Chapter I: Front Matter

ONE AS I MADE IN THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO
AT THE TIME OF THE SACK OF ROME 82

CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF
GOLD & SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES & VASES,
AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH
OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA’ 83

CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD
AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS 89

CHAPTER XXIV. A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR
THINGS 90

CHAPTER XXV. OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER AND
GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE 91

CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO GILD 96

CHAPTER XXVII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS
AND COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS 98

CHAPTER XXVIII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER
SORT OF GILDING COLOUR 99

CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING
COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING 100

CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR
GILDING 101

CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER
COLOURING 102

CHAPTER XXXII. THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE
SAID COLOUR 103

CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO
LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES 104

CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF
AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, THE OTHER
FOR ENGRAVING AND ETCHING 105

CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS
FOR PARTING 106

CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT 107

THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.

CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE 111

CHAPTER II. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY
IS MADE 113

CHAPTER III. ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING
FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE
UNDER 114

CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES
FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES,
ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE
THINGS 127

CHAPTER V. HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS,
OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS
BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES 134

CHAPTER VI. OF CARRARA MARBLES 135

CHAPTER VII. A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES
WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY
GREAT 139