Zürcherische Seidenindustrie manuscript text patterns / fabric samples

by Hans Bluntschli

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Printed title leaves for each section, other leaves in German manuscript in the hand of Bluntschli. 2 vols. Folio. Minor holes in one leaf in vol. II, one receipt in vol. I partially detached. Provenance: Paterson NJ factory. Item #346524 Vol. I: 145 manuscript leaves. Several tipped in sample bills and many mechanical diagrams. Descriptions of 136 different fabrics and 49 samples of each.Vol. II: 122 manuscript leaves. Large

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