[PORTER, George Richardson]. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the Silk Manufacture.

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[PORTER, George Richardson]. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the Silk Manufacture. London: Longmans, Reese, Orme et., 1831. Small 8vo. Original publisher's cloth with printed lettering-piece to spine; pp. 4 (publisher's catalogue), xv, 339, [2, alternative version of series title], steel-engraved title-page (this a little toned), illustrated with wood-engravings in the text; light wear to hinges, otherwise a very good copy with 19th-ventury blind stamps of Worcester Public Library to a few leaves. First edition , published in the series Cabinet Encyclopedia , this a thorough treatise on silk production, manufacture and the economic side of the luxury fabric, written by the statistician and son-in-law of the economist Ricardo. SKU: 2119772

• Binding: Hardcover

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