Fibrilia: A Practical and Economical Substitute for Cotton. Embracing a Full Description of the Process of Cottonizing Flax, Hemp, Jute, China Grass, and Other Fibre, so that the same may be spun or woven upon either cotton or woollen machinery

Boston: L. Burnett and Company, 1861. Very Good. Boston: L. Burnett and Company, 1861. First Edition. Octavo. 182 pp. Ten plates plus frontispiece with tissue guards, complete. Embossed brown cloth with copper lettering to spine; pink endpapers. Spotting and edgewear to boards. Binding sound. Ownership inscriptions and bookseller notes to preliminaries; else unmarked and a Very Good copy.

Uncommon treatise on what the Northern States could do in the event of a disruption from the South and a subsequent loss of the supply of cotton. Not in Sabin but see 24257 for a French translation.