Sundials.- Smith (John) The Art of Painting..., first edition, initial license leaf present, title with hole in middle and edges chipped, with slight loss to one word in imprint, hole and tear to final leaf with slight loss of text, water-stained, some red wax seals, edges at beginning and end brittle, disbound, [Wing S4099], 8vo, Printed for Samuel Crouch, 1676.

⁂ Rare, with only 5 copies located on ESTC and few auction records. Smith's work was written to assist other makers of sundials in painting the faces of their devices. He describes grinding colours with oil, the tools of painting, gold leafing, recommends colour choices, gives recipes for glue, provides a reading list "for him that would be a Compleat Dialist," describes how to paint sundials, painting interiors ("wainscot, doors, windows, posts, rayles, pales, gates, and the like), and makes suggestions with an eye to the preservation of painted surfaces "to resist weather, and preserve Timber or woodden works from rotting."