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Country Dyer's Assistant
by Ellis, Asa
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Brookfield (Massachusetts): Printed by E. Merriam & Co. for the Author, 1798. 12mo. 165 x 100 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 inches). 139, [3], [1] pp., including index and errata leaf. Countrmporary sheep, gilt stamping on the spine; rubbed but a very nice copy. Ownership inscription of John Brown Esq. of Andover, N.H. First edition. First manual on the art of dyeing printed in America. Ellis's work is a treasure house of information on the methods and materials required to produce colored dyes for use in the production of textiles. It is important as a document of American enterprise during the last years of 18th century and includes not only home grown recipes but also important information on British and French methods for producing color. It was printed in Western Massachusettes, center of both the woolen trand and textile manufacturing in the United States. The author states that "This publication, presented to the country dyers, is the result of twenty years practice, close study, fair trials, unwearied pains and expense." The goal is the production of "true color" for the production of high value textiles that would compete with an international trade. Evans 33670. Rink 1837. See Jeremy David, "British Textile Transmission to the United States", Business History Review, Vol. 47, (Spring 1973), pp. 24-52.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 277
- Title
- Country Dyer's Assistant
- Author
- Ellis, Asa
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by E. Merriam & Co. for the Author
- Place of Publication
- Brookfield (Massachusetts)
- Date Published
- 1798
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- Errata
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- 12mo
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