A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE, PREPARATION, HISTORY, AND ANALYSIS OF PASTEL, OR WOAD: THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF EXTRACTING THE COLORING MATTER, AND THE MANNER OF USING IT, AND INDIGO, IN DYEING. BY C.P. DE LASTEYRIE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, INFORMATION UPON THE ART OF EXTRACTING INDIGO, FROM THE LEAVES OF PASTEL. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY, MONTALIVET, COUNT OF THE EMPIRE, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. PARIS.... 1811. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, BY H.A.S. DEARBORN.
Boston: Printed by Rowe & Hooper, 1816. xii, [13]-140 pp. Additional title page at page [127], but continuously paginated. Scattered foxing and dusting, top edge frequently untrimmed. Original blue paper-covered boards, rebacked, original paper spine label retained. Old gum label at base of front cover. Good+. The text explains everything..... More