Marbling of books or paper is performed thus: Dissolve four ounces of gum arable in two quarts of fair water; then provide several colors mixed with water in pots or shells, and with pencils peculiar to each color; sprinkle them by way of intermixture upon the gum water, which must be put into a trough, or some broad vessel; then, with a stick, curl them, or draw them out in streaks to as much variety as may be done. Having done this, hold your book or books close together, and only dip the edges in, on the top of the water and colors, very lightly; which done, take them off, and the plain impression of the colors, in mixture, will be upon the leaves; doing as well the ends as the front of the book in like manner, and afterwards glazing the colors.