The  First  Theory  for  the  Process  of  Dyeing

Hellot, (Jean). L’Art de la Teinture des Laines, et des Étoffes de Laine, en grand et petit Teint. Avec une Instruction sur les Déboiiiillis. Paris, La Veuve Pissot, Jean-Thomas Herissant + Pissot fils, 1750. Sm. 8vo. XIX, 5, 611 (false 631) pp. Contemp. marbled calf on 5 ribs with gilt back in modern marbled slipcase.

Ferchl 223; Poggendorff I, 1057; Partington III, 67 f.; Jöcher VI, 1894 f.; Darmstädter p. 183; Interlibrum Catalogue “From Alchemy to Atoms” no. 100. – Not in Duveen. – FIRST EDITION .

Famous  fundamental  work

for dyeing of wool and woollens on the basis of Hellot’s theory of 1740, which was the first (Darmstädter).

“ He assumed a purely physical explanation that the dye entered the pores of the wool (which must first be dilated), and the pores are then closed by its astringent action … (It’s) a classical key book on the subject ”

(Interlibrum Catalogue).

For the first time Hellot submitted his theory in two memorials to the Paris Academy, the member of which he was. As assessor in the Commercial Board he supervised the dye-houses. About his other chemical and technological works see the literature mentioned above.

Finely  printed  very  rare  item  in a fresh copy with the engraved ex-libris (coat-of-arms) of Plummer of Middlestead and the inventory numbers of Sunderland Hall. – Four leaves with a small defect in the margin and one leaf torn, but all repaired. – Binding slightly rubbed, joint repaired.
Offer no. 8,586 / EUR  706. / Export price EUR  671. (c. US$ 980.) + shipping

“  … that I have received the parcel in good order. Very well and professional packed indeed. The litho of Mourot is according to my expectations. The drawing is rare. Colouring most probably same time … ”

(Mr. P. v. d. W., June 26, 2003)