The dyer's guide : being a compendium of the art of dyeing linen, cotton, silk, wool, muslin, dresses, furniture, &c. &c

1830. PACKER, Thomas. The dyer's guide: being a compendium of the art of dyeing linen, cotton, silk, wool, muslin, dresses, furniture, &c. &c. with the method of scouring wool, bleaching cotton, &c. and directions for ungumming silk, and for whitening and sulphuring silk and wool: and also an introductory epitome of the leading facts in chemistry, as connected with the art of dyeing. viii, 156 pp., with hand-coloured frontispiece. 8vo, 190 x 110 mm, publishers, cloth-backed boards. London: Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. A fine copy of this attractive and rare work on dyeing. This is the second revised edition, with the first having been published in 1816.