First edition. Of special interest for section IV: Dyeing & Calico Printing; this section contains 23 mounted fabric samples, and is quite early for this sort of actual specimen illustration. The other sections are: I. Preliminary observations; II. Gas illumination; III. Preservation of wood. Duveen, p. 459, citing an edition of 1849. Ron, Bibliotheca Tinctoria, no. 40: “The first edition of a nineteenth century English handbook of applied chemistry, the most important part of which is that about dyeing and textile printing, pp. 221-444. There was an American edition published in New York also in 1844, proof of the intense competition between the British and American textile manufacturers at this period. This copy was inscribed by ‘William Bradley, Birmingham, 1844.’ (Charles Wood, cat. 167, # 112)
Applied chemistry; in manufactures, arts, and domestic economy
Vol.I: Preliminary observations. Gas illumination. Preservation of wood. Dyeing and calico-printing. Vol.II: Manufacture of glass. Starch. Tanning. Caoutchouc; its properties and applications. Borax and the boracic lagoons. Soap. Sulphur and sulphuric acid. Soda manufacture.