L'art de l'indigotier
by Monsieur de Beauvais-Raseau
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Dyes and dyeing, Indigo industry, Slavery, Textile fibers, Textile industryPlaces
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Caption title.
Name of printer and date of publication from colophon.
Place of publication supplied by BN cat.
Attributed to Paul de Beauvais-Raseau by BN cat.
The author served as captain of a company of soldiers in Saint-Domingue and most probably learned the craft in that colony. Cf. Bissainthe.
Signatures: A-2G² (2G2 verso blank)
Errata: p. [1], 2nd count.
Engraved head piece above caption title; tail pieces.
Text followed by eleven numbered engraved plates showing details of the indigo plant, the machines needed to extract the dye, and slaves harvesting and the implements used to gather the plants.
Cf. Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 4646 (Neufchatel, 1777 ed.)
John Carter Brown Library copy disbound.
John Carter Brown Library copy has numerous ms. marginal annotations in unknown hand.
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.
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