Silk Throwing and Waste Silk Spinning

Green cloth gilt. Lightly dulled spine, some light dust spotting on top edge, lightly browned end-papers. Contemporary owner's inscription on front end-paper. 215 x 140 mm. xvi, 200 pp. The second, revised edition of the work first published in 1903. Includes over 120 photographs, line drawings and diagrams illustrating the machinery and its operation, plus a few pictures of the silkworm, moths, and the silk itself.