Beschreibung:

circa 17,3 x 11,3 cm., VIII, 639 pp.. Original cloth with ornaments Rare only edition of this collection of treatises on commerce containing: Chief mineral and vegetable products of commerce - The industrial and manufacturing uses of shells - The cotton manufacturers - The silk trade - Dyes and colouring stuffs - New paper-making etc. The author Simmonds (1814?1897) was the editor of "The journal of applied science" and is today most famous for his book "The Curiosities of Food".

Bemerkung:

- Binding rubbed and somewhat dusty, fore-edge with some foxing, but inside clean, just a little browned.