BOOK - Paris, Noblet & Baudry, 1866 edition. ATLAS DE LA FABRICATION DES ETOFFES - 32 x 24.5 cm. TREATISE ON THE WORKING OF WOOLS. By M. ALCAN professor of spinning and weaving at the Imperial Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. 57 plates 32 x 49 cm (missing 12-13-41-42-47-48): Leonardo da Vinci shearing machine, animal fibers magnified 200 times, yarn experimenter, degreasing and washing, drying, opening and shearing machines, dehairing machines, greasing machines and Apperley system, cylindrical fulling machines, finishing (woolen, shearing machine, beating machine, folding machine, machines for finishing so-called oriental hosiery.... Rare document with traces of wetness.

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