TUERK, Wilhelm von.

Vollständige Anleitung zur zweckmässigen Behandlung des Seidenbaues und des Haspelns der Seide, sowie zur Erziehung und Behandlung der Maulbeerbäume, nach den neuesten Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen.

Four folding engraved plates & three folding printed tables. vii, 131 pp.; xii, 140 pp.; xii, 100, [2] pp. Three parts in one vol. 8vo, cont. green morocco-backed green boards, flat spine nicely decorated in blind & gilt. Potsdam: Riegel, 1829. First edition of this rare work on sericulture and a lovely copy from the library of the Kings of Hannover. Türk (1774-1846), was a high government official in the education department. The present work is one of the most complete of the time in Germany on the rearing of silkworms under artificial or domesticated conditions, their feeding, the formation of cocoons, etc. and the manufacture of silk and textiles made from silk. The author has provided an interesting history of sericulture and a survey of the silk-manufacturing activities throughout Europe, Turkey, Russia, and Asia. Fine copy. A.D.B., Vol. 39, pp. 17-20.

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