The Textile Colourist: A Monthly Journal of Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing and Finishing Textile Fabrics and Manufacture and Application of Colouring Matters: Four Volumes Bound in two

O'NEILL Charles (Editor)

Published by Palmer and Howe, 1876

Condition: Very Good Soft cover

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Charles O'Neill was a chemist interested in the dyeing and printing of fabrics, the dyes and mordants used and the chemistry involved. He was active in the period just after the discovery of coal-tar dyes by William Perkin in 1856 and before they had entered the mass market, so his main emphasis was on natural dyes. He had written "A Dictionary of Dyeing and Calico Printing" in 1862. He started publishing this monthly Textile Colourist in 1876 aimed at bringing European innovations to the GB industry. These two volumes contain all the published editions of the journal. They contain numerous folding plates and tipped in original fabric samples, all present here. It has been described as follows: "Another excellent example of a journal that reflected the vitality of the 'Republic of chemist-dyers' even in the period of the emergence of artificial dyes. Four volumes appeared between 1876 and 1877, and included a variety of foreign innovations and patents, historical accounts, prizes to encourage innovations in Mulhouse and Rouen, collections of foreign printed swatches, and numerous translations and summaries of foreign papers on the art of dyeing and printing, mainly with natural dyestuffs". (Augusti Nieto-Galan, Colouring Textiles, 2001). O'Neill's 1877 book "The Practice and Principles of Calico Printing, Bleaching, Dyeing etc) was originally published, in parts, as a supplement to this journal. The Textile Colourist was merged into The Textile Manufacturer at the end of 1887, to which O'Neill then contributed a monthly article: "The Textile Colourist". Bound in contemporary half calf, with raised gilt bands and large gilt labels. Marbled page edges. Brief pencilled notes on the front endpapers of each volume, otherwise A VERY GOOD copy. Book 1220 in Ron, Bibliotecca Tinctoria. The two volumes weigh 2.65 kg (5.8 lbs). Postage charges provided on request. Size: 8 x 5.5. Copyright: David Rigby. Seller Inventory # 000024

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Title: The Textile Colourist: A Monthly Journal of ...

Publisher: Palmer and Howe

Publication Date: 1876

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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DAVID RIGBY - RARE TEXTILE BOOKS Rare books from the 18th, 19th and early 20th century on aspects of the textile industry. Major themes of our current stock of about 500 books include: Books containing fabric samples, Manuscript books, Textile technologies, Textile manufacturing, The silk industry, Textile history. Well represented in our stock are: Early theoretical and practical instruction books on spinning, weaving, dyeing and calico printing, 19th century weaving student manuscript workbooks from the Lyon silk weaving schools and from other schools in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, Early salesmen?s books of fabric samples, Late 19th and early 20th century books issued by dye-stuffs producers to their customers explaining how to dye and print on different fibre and fabric types and showing textile samples of the colours and patterns that could be achieved, textile-related histories including: industry sectors, fibre and textile types, technologies, machinery, notable people and trade associations. textile design, colour, salesman's sample books.

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