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2 volume 8vo (203 x 125 mm) 2 unn.l., 46pp., 46 pp., 20 pp., 31 pp., 47pp., 52pp., 62 pp., 51pp., 50pp., 59pp., 59pp., 56pp., 59pp., 88pp., 82pp., 1 unn.l of errata, 2 lithographed plates for the volume I ; 2unn.l., 80pp., 47pp., 52pp., 40pp., 112pp., 62pp., 62pp., 31pp., 87pp., 38pp., 95pp., 64pp., 71pp., 91 pp. wrongly numbered 99pp., 296pp., 1 unn.l. of errata, 1 lithographed plate for the volume II. Half green morocco (contemporary binding).
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Cole, 275; Partington IV, pp.246-49; Ron, Bibl. Tinctoria, 206; Brunet I, 1841.
First edition.
Chevreul was director of the dyeing workshop at the Manufacture des Gobelins from 1824 to 1883.
"Chevreul's immediate task at Gobelins was to work on the improvement of colour intensity and fatness in wools… His initial studies were on the chemical aspects of dyes and dyeing, attempting to place the art of dyeing on a more rational basis than the complicated and empirical procedures then employed. He embarked upon a thorough study of the properties of natural dyes… His two volumes Leçons... rendered an important service to the dye industry during the years prior to the advent of synthetic dyestuffs" (D.S.B., III, pp.240-41).
The three plates represent apparatus necessary for the preparation of certain chemical compounds for dyeing.
A good copy, complete with all the required plates, gilt lettering "L.C." on the spines.
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