[Rarebooks] FS: The first book on bleaching (2nd rev. ed.). Dublin: 1771

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Home, Francis. EXPERIMENTS ON BLEACHING. To Which Are Added, I. An
Experimental Essay on the Use of Leys and Sours in Bleaching. By James
Ferguson, M.D. II. An Explanation of the Effect of Lime Upon Alkaline
Salts... Used with Safety and Advantage in Bleaching. By Joseph Black,
M.D. III. An Abstract of the Foregoing Essays... and of the Leys Made
of Bleaching-Ashes with the Addition of Quick-Lime. Dublin: Printed by
T. Ewing. 1771. Second edition. 12mo. (4),296pp. Illustrated with a
text woodcut in the first appended essay. Cont. speckled calf, burgundy
calf spine label. With the cont. engraved armorial bookplate of James
Ferguson (very probably the author of the first appended
essay). $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
The second edition of Home's (1719-1813) prize winning essay (awarded a
gold medal when it was first published in 1756). The 3 appended essays
in this Dublin edition did not appear in the first London edition. Ron.
BIBLIOTHECA TINCTORIA #548.