Research Catalog

The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances including observations on spinning, dyeing and weaving : also an account of the pastoral life of the ancients, their social state and attainments in the domestic arts : with appendices on Pliny's Natural history, on the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper, on felting, netting, &c.

Title: The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances [electronic resource] : including observations on spinning, dyeing and weaving : also an account of the pastoral life of the ancients, their social state and attainments in the domestic arts : with appendices on Pliny's Natural history, on the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper, on felting, netting, &c. / deduced from copious and authentic sources.
Author: Gilroy, Clinton G.
Publication: New York : Harper & Bros., 1845.
Supplementary Content: Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors

Pliny, the Elder

Description

xxii, 464 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., col. map; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Pastoral life and manufactures of the ancients

Subject

Note

Authorship attributed to Clinton G. Gilroy in Halkett & Laing; no such attribution by Sabin.
"Illustrated by steel engravings."
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Sabin no. 32153.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Reproduction (note)

Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

TGPSM08-B1900

Author

Gilroy, Clinton G.

Title

The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances [electronic resource] : including observations on spinning, dyeing and weaving : also an account of the pastoral life of the ancients, their social state and attainments in the domestic arts : with appendices on Pliny's Natural history, on the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper, on felting, netting, &c. / deduced from copious and authentic sources.

Imprint

New York : Harper & Bros., 1845.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Local Note

Science.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Pliny, the Elder. Naturalis historia. English.

Spine Title

Pastoral life and manufactures of the ancients

View in Legacy Catalog