The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances; / Including Observations on Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving.

Plate I.
From Original Drawings
CHINESE LOOMS.
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.
ILLUSTRATED BY STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET.
1845.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.