Extent: 1 samples ; 25 cm x 19 cm + 3 laid or tipped-in sheets.
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Nineteenth-century Italian manuscript on wool-dying. The manuscript is written in two different hands and appears to be working manual and color inventory of a dyer in mid-nineteenth-century Italy. The entries on pages [39], [115], [117], [178], and [205] are dated 1856, 1858, 1865, 1866, and 1859 respectively, suggesting that the notebook was used and added to over a period of time. It... Title devised by cataloger from bookseller's description. Place of creation based on language of item. Date of creation based on dated entries in text. Text block is severely warped on fore-edge and tail-edge. Joint connecting spine to front cover is cracked. Spine has loss at bottom. Front cover has damage along bottom edge. Some samples are have come loose. Pages [219]-[240] are blank.
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