Item #19446 The Family Dyer and Scourer: Being a Complete Treatise on the Arts of Dyeing and Cleaning. William Tucker.
The Family Dyer and Scourer: Being a Complete Treatise on the Arts of Dyeing and Cleaning ....

The Family Dyer and Scourer: Being a Complete Treatise on the Arts of Dyeing and Cleaning ....

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1831. Hardcover. Very good. Item #19446

Second edition, revised and corrected. xvi,(1),123pp. preceded by 12pp publisher's catalogue. Contemporary red cloth spine, gray boards, printed title label. Index. A fairly comprehensive (for the period) guide to dyeing and cleaning nearly every kind of cloth article "whether made of flax, silk, cotton, wool, or hair". Lightly foxed, as is typical for the period, edges of label perished, some wear to edges else a very good copy.

Price: $275.00

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