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Book Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Silkworms; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 106; 224 pages; 3 publications bound in one volume. Issued by 20th Congress, 1st Session, S 175 Part 2. Three title pages. Two in front being LETTER FROM JAMES MEASE TRANSMITTING A TREATISE ON THE REARING OF SILKWORMS; BY MR. DE HAZZI, OF MUNICH, WITH PLATES, & C. &C.. And A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF SILK IN GERMANY...COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS; AND Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury...in Relation to the Growth and Manufacture of Silk. Three folding tables, four full page plates, textural illustrations. Has no color plate as probably issued. Plates moderately to heavily foxed, other contents generally good, boards with wear, binding solid. 3/4 calf leather over marbled boards. Provenance- Estate of William Nixon III.
Title: Letter From James Mease Transmitting A Treatise On The Rearing Of Silkworms; By Mr. De Hazzi, Of Munich, With Plates, & C. &c. ; ; A Treatise On The Culture Of Silk In Germany...complete Instructions; And Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury...in Relation to the Growth and Manufacture of Silk
Categories: Textiles,
Publisher: Printed By Duff Green: 1828
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Seller ID: 32124