VAUTIER, F.

L'Art du Filateur de Coton. Ouvrage dans lequel on expose tout ce qui est relatif à cet Art.

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Ten fine folding engraved plates. xv, 328 pp., one leaf of errata. 8vo, cont. blond calf, initials “L.R.” in center of upper cover, gilt decorations round edges of each cover, spine gilt (spine a little dull), red morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. Paris: Audin, 1821. First edition of a very rare book; this is the dedication copy in a fine contemporary binding with the initials “L.R.” stamped in gilt on the upper cover. This copy belonged to the dedicatee, François Alexandre Frédéric, le Duc de La Rochefoucauld Liancourt (1747-1827), French philanthropist and social reformer. He established a model farm at Liancourt, a school of arts and crafts for the sons of soldiers, and was active politically for nearly thirty years. This is the first work published in France on the spinning and manufacture of cotton. Vautier provides a detailed history of the introduction of cotton into England and France from various colonies in warmer climates. He gives an extended discussion of the botany and cultivation of the cotton plant and the different species. He also describes the qualities of cotton from each colony including Georgia, Santo Domingo, Guadeloupe, Louisiana, and Venezuela. Most of the book is devoted to contemporary and early methods of cotton spinning and manufacture. Of course, this section is dominated by the developments which took place in England, ranging from Kay’s “Fly” shuttle to the spinning jenny, Arkwright’s invention, Crompton’s “Mule,”the power loom employing steam power, etc. Pages 281-89 contains a fascinating list of cotton weavers and manufacturers of weaving machines throughout France. Fine and handsome copy. Bookplate of “Le Comte Henry Chandon de Briailles, 1898-1937.”

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