[TANNING.]

The Art of Tanning and Currying Leather: With an Account of all the Different Processes Made Use of in Europe and Asia for Dying Leather Red and Yellow. Collected and Published at the Expense of the Dublin Society. To which are added, Mr. Philippo's Method of Dying at the Turkey Leather, as Approved of by the Society for the Encouragement of Art...

London, Reprinted for J. Nourse. 1774. Recent period-style half calf preserving the endpapers and boards. 12mo. pp. xx, 244. A lengthy survey of current tanning practise with the aim of improving skills in the British Isles. The last section deals with dying leather red and yellow, "as practised in Turkey" for which the Armenian, Mr. Philippo, received the Dublin Society's prize. The editor's preface is signed C.V., i.e. Charles Vallancey. Book-label of W.O. Callender. Small splash mark to the title-page, otherwise a very good copy. Four copies in ESTC: BL, Yale, University of Virginia and BNF.

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• librero: John Hart (GREAT BRITAIN)