Albo. Instruction Générale Pour la Teinture des Laines. 1671.
Rare first edition
[ALBO,d]. [COLBERT, Jean-Baptiste].
Instruction Générale Pour la Teinture des Laines et Manufactures de Laine de toutes couleurs, & pour la culture des drogues ou ingrédiens qu’on y employe.
Paris, François Muguet, 1671.
700 €
12mo (15x8.1 cm), 175-(17) pages.
binding: Contemporary full brown speckled calf, spine gilt in six compartments, lacking lettering piece.
A little light soiling. Two corners chipped.
Rare first edition of this important work .
"The authorship of this anonymous publication, which laid the foundations of the great French dyeing industry, is attributed to Colbert and D'Albo." Cf. M. Ron, Bibliotheca tinctoria, p. 213, citing L.G. Lawrie, A bibliography of dyeing and textile printing
Very good copy.
