Elements of the art of dying; with a description of the art of bleaching

by oxymuriatic acid by Berthollet

$800 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

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London: Thomas Tegg, Simpkin & Marshall, Griffin & Co., and J. Cumming, 1824. Two volumes. 8vo. xxviii, 408 ; viii, 453, 2 pp. SECOND EDITION IN ENGLISH. With 9 engravings 4 folding signed J. Shury. Quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine; other than some minor foxing to plates, a beautiful, clean copy. Bookplates the Essex Institute and Arnold Thackray. Item #14730

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