Notice du Vert de Chine: et de la Teinture en Vart Ches les Chinois, Suivie d'Une Etude des Proprietes Chimiques et Tinctoriales du Lo- kao. Et de Recherches sur la Matiere Colorante des Nerpruns Indigenes.
Paris: Chamber de Commerce de
Lyon, 1858,
First Edition. quarto, brown three quarter leather and brown cloth, rebacked with maroon leather spine label. 207, [1], [5] pp. Chamber de Commerce de
Lyon, Item #29739
Natalis Rondot (1821-1900) was an economist and historian who was the trade representative for the Lyons Chamber of Commerce and was charged with promoting the Lyons textile industry abroad. Two folding botanical illustration line drawings tipped in at rear as well as five fabric samples showing variations on the Lo-Kao dying process. Text in French. Marbled endpapers as well as the edges of the text block. Fine and solid.
Price: $2,000.00