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Lot 561

Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020 8:00AM ET
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[Textiles] Bemiss, Elijah The Dyer's Companion. In Two Parts. Part First, Containing A General Plan of Dying Wool and Woollen, Cotton and Linen Cloths, Yarn and Thread. [...] Part Second, Contains Many Useful Receipts on Dy...

... ing, Staining, Painting, &c. New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1815. 12mo. pp. viii, (5)-307. Second edition. From the library of William Nichols. Contemporary mottled calf, with extremities bumped and lightly rubbed, small wormhole to bottom of front board, both boards very slightly bowed, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco spine label, some vertical creasing to backstrip and wear to hinges, minor split to bottom edge of front hinge; front endpapers with contemporary ownership inscription of Nichols, later book-plate on front paste-down, dampstaining to prelims, rear endpapers with ink and pencil notes, rear free endpaper with approx. 1 cm. excised from bottom edge, text block generally clean with some scattered foxing, title-page significantly toned, gatherings B and 2C are slightly loose but still attached. [Rink 1852; Kress B6432].

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