Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours; and the Best Means of Producing Them,

by Dyeing, Calico Printing, &c by Edward Bancroft, M. D.

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First American edition of this classic and important treatise on colors and dyeing techniques. First published in London in 1794 as a single volume, this edition is reprinted from the second and expanded London edition of 1813. iv , xlv, iii , 401; iv , 394pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary brown sheep, modern rebacking to style with red morocco spine labels, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities rubbed and worn, corners worn; black speckled

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