Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 313

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HELLOT, JEAN. L'Art de la Teinture des Laines, et des Étoffes de Laine. xix, [5], 631 pages, including half-title * ROSA, MICHELE. Delle Porpore e delle Materie Vestiarie presso gli Antichi. Folding engraved plate of shells by Francesco Rosaspina. xx, 387, [1] pages. Together, 2 volumes. 12mo, 164x96 mm, contemporary mottled calf, worn, crudely rebacked, contents toned, with scattered dampstains; and 4to, 225x154 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep, top of spine worn, opening leaves spotted, 2 gatherings loose. Signature of the Irish chemist Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) and (his?) armorial bookplate in the first work. Paris: widow Pissot et al., 1750; Modena: (Stamperia Ducale), 1286 [i. e., 1786]

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first editions. The first work was the standard wool dyeing manual of the period; the second deals with the manufacture of dyes and textiles in antiquity. DSB VI, 236, and Partington II, 67-68 (for Hellot); Lipperheide (1963) 108 and Colas 2575 (for Rosa).