The Country Dyers' Assistant

by Asa Ellis, Jr.

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. 139, 4 pp. 12mo. Contemporay calf backed marbled paper covered boards, minor wear. Minor foxing, a few leaves torn at fore-edge margin without loss to text. Evans 33670; Rink 1837. Item #375650 The first American book on the art of dyeing cloth, one of the basic works of American arts and crafts from this early period. Includes instructions on how to prepare and use dyes “In this

• Binding: Hardcover

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