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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thillaye, L[ouis] J[acques] S[ylvestre]. Manuel du fabricant d' indiennes - renfermant les impressions des laines, des chalis et des soies; précédeé de la descripition botanique et chimique des matières colorantes. Ouvrage . destiné à faire suite au manuel du fabricant d'étoffes imprimées et de papiers peints. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1834.16mo. viii + 338 p + 3 folding plates with 68 illustrations engraved by Guiget + errata leaf + 36 p of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary marbled calf, backstrip gilt with red title labels; marbled book block. First edition of an illustrated pocket manual on the colour-printing process of woollen and silk fabrics, shawls and paper. Including a specialist technical index on pp313-338. Thillaye (1776-1860) was professor of physics at the College Louis le Grand. Corners scuffed, isolated light foxing, otherwise an attractive copy in a contemporary binding.